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Kō Site
270px, Artifacts found at the Kō Site The is a complex archaeological site located in the Sosha neighborhood of the city of Fujiidera, Osaka Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1974. Overview Kō Site is located near the northeastern terrace cliff of the Habikino hill, west of the confluence of the Yamato and Ishikawa rivers. The site cameo academic attention in 1916 with the collection of stone tools that may have been in the Japanese Paleolithic period. At that time, it was believed by mainstream archaeologists that Japan did not have a Paleolithic period but the discovery of characteristic knife-shaped stone tools confirmed as this as a Paleolithic site. In upper layers the stratigraphy, human bones of the Jōmon and Yayoi periods, the underground storage pits of the Yayoi period, salt-making pottery of the Kofun period, and the remains of a Buddhist temple built in the Asuka period, indicate a pattern of contin ...
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Fujiidera, Osaka
270px, The temple of Fujii-dera, after which the city is named is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 63,446 in 29501 households and a population density of 7100 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Fujiidera is located in the southeastern part of the Osaka Plain, at the confluence of the Yamato and the Ishikawa rivers. The city area is almost flat and the rivers are bounded by high levees that protect low-lying areas from flooding. Sections of both river banks are maintained for recreation. Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture * Habikino * Kashiwara * Matsubara * Yao Climate Fujiidera has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fujiidera is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in Augu ...
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Kofun Period
The is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is the earliest era of recorded history in Japan, but studies depend heavily on archaeology since the chronology of historical sources tends to be distorted. ''Kofun'' is Japanese for the type of tumulus, burial mound dating from this era. It was a period of cultural import. Continuing from the Yayoi period, the Kofun period is characterized by influence from China and the Korean Peninsula; archaeologists consider it a shared culture across the southern Korean Peninsula, Kyūshū and Honshū. On the other hand, the most prosperous keyhole-shaped burial mounds in Japan during this period were approximately 5,000 in Japan from the middle of the 3rd century in the Yayoi period to the 7th century in the Asuka period, and many of them had huge tom ...
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History Of Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south. Osaka is the capital and largest city of Osaka Prefecture, and the third-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Sakai, Higashiōsaka, and Hirakata. Osaka Prefecture is located on the western coast of the Kii Peninsula, forming the western is open to Osaka Bay. Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous prefecture, but by geographic area the second-smallest; at it is the second-most densely populated, below only Tokyo. Osaka Prefecture is one of Japan's two " urban prefectures" using the designation ''fu'' (府) rather than the standard '' ken'' for prefectures, along with Kyoto Prefecture. Osaka Prefecture forms the center of the Keihanshin metropolitan a ...
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Fujiidera
270px, The temple of Fujii-dera, after which the city is named is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 63,446 in 29501 households and a population density of 7100 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Fujiidera is located in the southeastern part of the Osaka Plain, at the confluence of the Yamato and the Ishikawa rivers. The city area is almost flat and the rivers are bounded by high levees that protect low-lying areas from flooding. Sections of both river banks are maintained for recreation. Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture * Habikino * Kashiwara * Matsubara * Yao Climate Fujiidera has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fujiidera is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August ...
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Paleolithic Sites In Japan
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( years ago) ( ), also called the Old Stone Age (), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins,  3.3 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene,  11,650 cal BP. The Paleolithic Age in Europe preceded the Mesolithic Age, although the date of the transition varies geographically by several thousand years. During the Paleolithic Age, hominins grouped together in small societies such as bands and subsisted by gathering plants, fishing, and hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic Age is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for use as tools, including leather and vegetable fibers; however, due to rapid decomposition ...
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List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Osaka)
This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefectures of Japan, Urban Prefecture of Ōsaka. National Historic Sites As of 17 June 2022, seventy-one Sites have been Cultural Properties of Japan, designated as being of national Values (heritage), significance (including two *List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Special Historic Sites); the Tombs of Chikamatsu Monzaemon cross the prefectural borders with Hyōgo Prefecture, Hyōgo. Prefectural Historic Sites As of 15 March 2022, sixty-eight Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2021, a further ninety Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance, including: See also * Cultural Properties of Japan * Kawachi Province, Kawachi, Izumi Province, Izumi, Settsu Province, Settsu Provinces * Osaka Museum of History * List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Ōsaka) * List o ...
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Minami Osaka Line
is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway. It runs between in Osaka and in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture. The line connects Osaka to southern part of the Nara Basin, running through Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefecture. Via the Yoshino Line, it also provides access to the Yoshino refuge of Emperor Godaigo, a popular tourist destination, especially during the spring. The line and its network of branch lines use narrow gauge tracks, the only lines in the Kintetsu network with this gauge. Other Kintetsu lines use standard gauge. History The first section of the line opened in 1898 between Kashiwara Station and Furuichi Station by . The next year took over the line, before renaming itself . The railway then constructed its own access line to Osaka center, completed in 1923 and electrified at 1,500 V DC, then the highest voltage in Japan. An extension to Nara Prefectu ...
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Kintetsu Railway
, referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Nara, Nara, Kyoto, Nagoya, Tsu, Mie, Tsu, Ise, Mie, Ise, and Yoshino, Nara, Yoshino. Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. History On September 16, 1910, was founded and renamed a month after. Osaka Electric Tramway completed Ikoma Tunnel and started operating a line between Osaka and Nara (present-day Nara Line (Kintetsu), Nara Line) on April 30, 1914. The modern Kashihara, Osaka, and Shigi lines were completed in the 1920s, followed by the Kyoto Line (a cooperative venture with Keihan Electric Railway). Daiki founded in 1927, which consolidated on September 15, 1936. In 1938, Daiki teamed up with its subsidiary to operate the first private rail ...
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Hajinosato Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Fujiidera, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Hajinosato Station is served by the Minami Osaka Line, and is located 15.6 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Abenobashi Station. Station layout The station consists of two opposed side platforms set in a cutting connected by an elevated station building. Platforms Adjacent stations History Hajinosato Station opened on June 1, 1924. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 7,284 passengers daily. Surrounding area *Fujiidera City Domyoji Elementary School *Fujiidera City Domyoji Junior High School *Furuichi Kofun Cluster is a group of Kofun period kofun, burial mounds located in the cities of Fujiidera, Osaka, Fujiidera and Habikino, Osaka, Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Twelve of the tumuli in this group were individually designated a Mon ...
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Kawachi Province
was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province. It was also known as . Geography The area was radically different in the past, with Kawachi Bay and lake dominating the area over what is now land. That the became the plains in the west of the province was in part due to the sediment flowing from the Yodo River, Yodo and Yamato Rivers. ''Chiku'' Kawachi was divided into three : , , and . * The northern county comprised the modern Hirakata, Osaka, Hirakata, Neyagawa, Osaka, Neyagawa, Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Osaka, Moriguchi, Shijōnawate, Osaka, Shijōnawate, Daitō, Osaka, Daitō, and Katano, Osaka, Katano, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka areas. * The central county comprised the modern Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Higashiōsaka, Yao, Osaka, Yao, and Kashiwara, Osaka, Kashiwara, Osaka areas. * The southern county comprised the modern Sakai, Osaka, Sakai's eastern ...
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Kokufu
were the capitals of the historical Provinces of Japan from the Nara period to the Heian period. History As part of the Taika Reform (645), which aimed at a centralization of the administration following the Chinese model (''ritsuryō''), the ''kokufu'' and with it the office of the Kokushi (official), kokushi, replacing the older ''Kuni no miyatsuko'', developed in the 660s. The ''Wamyō Ruijushō'' (Collection of Japanese Names) from 935 contains the earliest listing of the capitals of the provinces and their location. The location of the original capitals of the 8th and 9th century are not passed down. When during the Muromachi Period, starting in the 14th century, the functions of the kokushi were increasingly transferred to military governors or constables (''shugo''), the provincial governments (''kokuga'') lost their importance. Organisation In the center of the ''kokufu'' lay the provincial government (''kokuga'') with its offices (administration, farming, finance, po ...
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Nara Period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kanmu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784, before moving to Heian-kyō, modern Kyoto, a decade later in 794. Japanese society during this period was predominantly agricultural and centered on village life. Most of the villagers followed Shintō, a religion based on the worship of natural and ancestral spirits named ''kami.'' The capital at Nara was modeled after Chang'an, the capital city of the Tang dynasty. In many other ways, the Japanese upper classes patterned themselves after the Chinese, including adopting the Chinese writing system, Chinese fashion, and a Chinese version of Buddhism. Literature Concentrated efforts by the imperial court to record its history produced the f ...
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