Yaze Site, Minakami

Name: Yaze Site
Address: Minakami, Japan

#2 among attractions in Minakami

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The Yaze ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Jōmon period settlement located in what is now the Tsukiyono neighborhood of the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 36°41'50"N, 138°58'55"E

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Yaze Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nagurumi Castle, Numata Castle, Aimata Dam, Tamahara Dam.

2 miS
Forts and castles
Nagurumi Castle, Minakami
50 min walk • Nagurumi Castle is a castle structure in Tone, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The castle played historically important role because invasion of the castle by the Later Hōjō clan caused Siege of Odawara.
4.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Numata Castle, Numata
117 min walk • Numata Castle is a Japanese castle located in Numata, northern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Numata Castle was home to the Toki clan, daimyō of Numata Domain, but the castle was ruled by various clans over its history, and is noted as the site of a major battle in the Sengoku period.
5 miW
Reservoir, Dam
Aimata Dam, Minakami
129 min walk • Aimata Dam is a dam built on the Akaya River, part of the class-A Tonegawa River system at Aimata in the city of Minami, in the Tone District of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
6.9 miNE
Dam
Tamahara Dam
177 min walk • Tanbara Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam impounding the headwaters of the Hotchi River, a Tone River tributary in Gunma Prefecture of Japan. It is located 14 kilometres north of Numata. It creates the upper reservoir for the 1,200 megawatts Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station.

Yaze Site, Minakami

Facts and practical information

Yaze Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nagurumi Castle, Minakami

Numata Castle, Numata

Aimata Dam, Minakami

Tamahara Dam