Nagaokakyusekidaigokudenkoen Park

This park occupies the site of the imperial palace of Nagaokakyo, the capital for ten years from 784. Excavation began in 1954, centred on the remains of the Daigokuden audience hall, and the finds — wooden documents among them — are displayed at the Muko City Cultural Museum. The site was designated a historic park in 1965. A road divides the park in two: the Daigokuden has been laid out and reconstructed on the southern side, the Shoanden on the northern. In 2007 it was named one of Japan's hundred finest historical parks.