Inaba Kokucho Site

This Nara and Heian period site of a government office is located midway along the Fukuro River. In a 1977 architectural dig, the site of the main building, where government officials conducted government business, was discovered, as well as earthfast posts, earthenware, and porcelain. The site is around 150-meters-long east to west, and 200-meters-long north to south. It is believed that in each of the Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods, the area flourished as a center of government and finance and that many buildings stood here. At the Inaba Manyo History Museum, a five-minute drive away, you can see a model of the facility reconstructed based on educated guesses, and examples of the kind of clothing people wore during the times the site was active.