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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Akita-jō Alternative Name: Akita Castle 秋田城 Akita-jo Akita-no-kiCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 2.986 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Akita (Akita prefecture) Nearest Village: Terauchi-Ōhata 寺内
Latitude: 39.740090N Longitude: 140.082920E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Jōsaku has 3 different functions : a branch of central government; a military base against natives; and a residential town for the colonist. Akita-jō is supposed to have had another function : a guesthouse for mission from Balhae kingdom. The discovery of the egg of pork tapeworm from the ‘flush’ toilet ruin here suggests the arrival of pork-eating people from the continent, the Japanese people at that time were vegetarian.
Akita-jō was first built as Dewa-no-ki (出羽柵) in Dewa district (present Yamagata and Akita prefectures, its exact position and chronology unknown), then moved to present place in 733 CE and renamed later. Akita-jō often suffered the riot of native tribes, and the function of governmental branch was transferred to “Kiwa-no Saku” 100km southbound and Akita-jō seemed to be abandoned in the 10th century.
Official site of the museum in English (automatic translation).
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