Location Hakui History and Folklore Museum
Yanaida Shakode Temple Site Artifact: Round Eaves-end Tiles
- Display status
- No permanent display
- Period
- Early 8th Century
- Form/Type
- Archaeological material
- Location
- Hakui City
The first temple in Japan with a full-fledged Buddhist monastery was built at Asukadera Temple in Nara, which is said to have been built around the end of the 6th century, at the end of the late Kofun period. The construction of tumuli continued into the 7th century during the Asuka Period, however as the nation began to emphasize Buddhism, the monuments that symbolized the period and region changed from tumuli to temples.
As the construction of ancient Japan progressed, temple building also spread to rural areas. In Hakui there are archeological sites of an ancient temple called Yanaida Shakode Temple Site, said to have been built in the early 8th century; remains of roof tiles and the foundation stone on which the pagoda was built have been found. The results of this research indicate that Buddhism was transmitted to ancient Hakui after the Kofun Period, and that there were temple buildings with pagodas.
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A local history museum that opened in 1983. They collect materials that convey the history and culture of Hakui City (archaeological materials, historical materials, folk implements, etc.), preserve them, conduct research on them and display them publicly. The folk implements exhibition room on the first floor explains the tools used in Hakui's past way of living. The history exhibition room on the second floor displays valuable excavated items mainly from the Yoshisaki-Suba Site, a Nationally Designated Historic Site, and the Jike Site, as well as historical materials such as ancient documents. They also hold ancient experience classes and events such as magatama (comma-shaped stone bead) making and fire starting experiences. Please feel free to stop by and experience the history of Hakui.
38-1 Tsurutada, Tsurutamachi, Hakui, 925-0027 Google Maps
TEL 0767-22-5998 E-mail post@city.hakui.lg.jp
