Hirasawa Kanga Ruins are ancient Tsukuba City governmental buildings from the 8th to 12th century. Consisting of three warehouses surrounded by a large ditch, they were used as a storage facility for county tax payments which were made in rice and hemp. Some artifacts were found at the site such as tiles and inkstone. We had beautiful blue skies during our trip with many butterflies and a dragonfly dancing in the breeze high above the blanket of green grass.
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Hirasawa Kanga Ruins
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Elizabeth S
3 years ago
The buildings are amazingly detailed and faithful restorations of ancient buildings from the Nara Period. I’m a bit of an archaeology buff, and found out that the artisans referenced the construction method from Nara’s ancient temples. It’s startling to see this ancient administrative building under Mt. Tsukuba.
Sherilyn Siy
4 years ago
What brilliant blue skies. How lucky!
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