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Saitama Historic site

Wadō Site

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和銅遺跡

Japan's first copper discovery site, where the Wadō era and first currency originated.

Wadō Site
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What it is

  • Site of Japan's first natural copper discovery in 708.
  • Empress Genmei changed the era name to Wadō.
  • Wadō Kaichin was Japan's first circulating currency.
  • Designated a Saitama Prefecture Historic Site in 1961.

What to see

  • An open-pit copper mine.
  • A large monument of Wadō Kaichin.
  • Kuroya Copper Smelter Site.

Getting there

  • Nearest station is Wadō-Kuroya on the Chichibu Railway.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Wadō Site Open in Google Maps

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