Ishioka Municipal Furusato History Museum

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Exterior view of Furusato History Museum

Touch the history of Ishioka, which was once an important place in Hitachinokuni

Ishioka Municipal Furusato History Museum is located in Ishioka Municipal Ishioka Elementary School. Ishioka City was the seat of the national government of "Hitachinokuni" (equivalent to the prefectural government office today) about 1,300 years ago, and recent excavation research has revealed that the city was once an important place in "Hitachinokuni" (the province of Hitachinaka). The Furusato Museum is located in the Ishioka Elementary School. Here at the Furusato Museum, visitors can learn about the history of Ishioka City from the Paleolithic Age to the modern era. The permanent exhibition on the second floor provides an overview of Ishioka's history, while the first floor features photographs of the excavation of the national historic site "Hitachi-no-Kokufu (Hitachinaka Provincial Government) Site" that once stood on the site of the Furusato Museum of History. The first floor features photographs of the excavation of the national historic site "Hitachi-no-Kofu" that once stood on the site of the Furusato History Museum, and a special exhibition is held every three months with a different theme.
The permanent exhibition on the second floor provides an overview of Ishioka's history.

Ishioka City and Kofun Ruins

In Ishioka City, there are important burial mounds that indicate that this area was the center of the country at that time. To the north of the Kokufu ruins are the ruins of Jyoriku Kokubunji Temple and Jyoriku Kokubun Nunji Temple, which played a religious role, and the Kanoko ruins, which functioned as an iron factory, while to the south are the ruins of Ibaraki Haijiin, a group of temples in Ibaraki County, and various other sites. The distribution of important ancient ruins centering on the Kokufu ruins indicates that this area was considered very important at that time. At the Furusato History Museum, visitors can learn about the history of the time through explanations of the ruins and excavated artifacts.

The only remaining Fudoki in eastern Japan, "Fudoki of Hitachinokuni

A copy of "Jyorikuni Fudoki" (The History of the Land of Hitachinaka)
The Fudoki was compiled in 713 by Emperor Genmei, who thought it necessary to know the details of the region and issued an order to compile a report on each country. The province of Hitachiniku was divided into 11 groups, and surveys were conducted in each group at that time, and the compilation came to be known as the "Fudoki of Hitachiniku Province. Fudoki were compiled in various regions, but only five of them, including the one in Hitachinokuni (Ibaraki Prefecture), have been handed down to the present day. Why don't you visit the Ishioka Municipal Furusato History Museum and feel the passage of time?
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