Hitachi Kokufu ruins

Hitachi Kokufu ruins - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The was the provincial capital of Hitachi Province in the late Nara period though Heian period. It was located in the Soja neighborhood of the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: mid 7th century AD

Source: en.wikipedia.org