National Treasures of Fukuoka

Discover the King of Na Gold Seal at Fukuoka City Museum, a 2,000-year-old National Treasure that proves Japan's earliest diplomatic relations with China. Learn about its discovery on Shikanoshima Island and its profound historical significance.

Explore 80,000 National Treasures from Okinoshima, the sacred "Island Where God Dwells." Discover ancient ritual artifacts, Persian glass, and golden rings that reveal Japan's maritime heritage and international connections from the 4th-9th centuries.

Discover the Copper Plate Lotus Sutra, a 12th-century National Treasure inscribed on copper plates, found in Mount Kubote's sacred cave and now exhibited at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu.

Discover the magnificent collection of 80,000 National Treasures from Okinoshima's ritual sites, including Persian glass, Chinese ceramics, and golden artifacts that reveal 500 years of ancient East Asian maritime exchange at this UNESCO World Heritage site.

Discover the magnificent National Treasure artifacts from Miyajidake Kofun, featuring golden horse gear, a 2.8m ceremonial sword, and over 300 precious items. Visit the shrine's famous Path of Light phenomenon and explore Japan's second-largest stone chamber tomb.

Explore the National Treasure artifacts from the Hirabaru rectangular moated tomb in Itoshima, Fukuoka — including Japan's largest bronze mirrors (46.5 cm), 40 ancient mirrors, and treasures linked to the legendary kingdom of Ito from the Yayoi period.

Discover the National Treasure tantō signed Yoshimitsu, a Kamakura-period masterpiece by Awataguchi Tōshirō Yoshimitsu, treasured by the Tachibana samurai family for nearly 700 years at Tachibana Museum in Yanagawa, Fukuoka.

A 14th-century National Treasure katana named for a killing: Oda Nobunaga reputedly pressed it through a serving shelf to fell a fleeing attendant. Now in Fukuoka.

Preserved at Seiganji Temple in Imazu, Fukuoka, this National Treasure scroll was brushed by Myōan Eisai — the monk who would go on to introduce Rinzai Zen and green tea culture to Japan — on the fifteenth day of the seventh month in 1178. Dedicated to the temple's Urabon (Obon) ceremony, the scroll records Eisai's sponsorship of a copy of the Lotus Sutra and survives as one of the earliest autograph works of this pivotal figure. Executed in bold Song-influenced calligraphy on sheets of red, white, and indigo paper decorated with mica-printed clouds and birds, the scroll was designated a National Treasure in 1953 and is entrusted to the Kyushu National Museum.

Encounter the Nikko Ichimonji, a 13th-century Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji masterpiece and National Treasure at Fukuoka City Museum, once treasured by the Hōjō clan and Kuroda family.

Made in 1142, this gilt-bronze casket held 33 copper plates engraved with the Lotus Sutra and was buried on Mount Kubote. Its four faces carry fine Buddhist figures.

Fukuoka’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.

Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.