Shimoterao Kanga site, Hiratsuka

#5 among attractions in Hiratsuka

Archaeological site

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The Shimoterao Kanga ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now the city of Chigasaki in Kanagawa prefecture in the southern Kantō region of Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site from 2015. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 35°21'44"N, 139°23'46"E

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茅ヶ崎 (mao ke qi)Hiratsuka Japan

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Shimoterao Kanga site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Samukawa Shrine, Samukawa, Shimoterao Nishikata Site, Central Theological College.

1.4 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Samukawa Shrine, Fujisawa
36 min walk • Samukawa Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Miyayama neighborhood of the town of Samukawa, Kōza District. Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Sagami Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on September 20.
1.1 miNW
Town, Area
Samukawa, Fujisawa
28 min walk • Samukawa is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2021, the town had an estimated population of 48,679 and a population density of 3600 persons per km². The total area of the town is 13.42 square kilometres.
~1360 ftNE
Archaeological site
Shimoterao Nishikata Site, Fujisawa
7 min walk • The Shimoterao Nishikata Site is an archaeological site in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in the southern Kantō region of Japan containing a middle to late Yayoi period settlement trace. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2019.
1 miNW
Universities and schools
Central Theological College, Fujisawa
26 min walk • The Central Theological College is the Anglican theological college of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1908 from the amalgamation of three older Japanese Anglican seminaries it has trained more than 600 lay and ordained graduates for work in the Anglican Church in Japan.
0.9 miN
Neighbourhood
Kōza District, Fujisawa
23 min walk • Kōza District is a district located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It currently consists of only one town, Samukawa. The entire cities of Chigasaki, Fujisawa, Yamato, Ayase, Ebina, Zama; and parts of the city of Sagamihara, were formerly part of Kōza District.