The Korokan was used as a reception hall to entertain diplomatic missions during the Nara and Heian periods (the early 8th - early 12th centuries). There is a restored ”accommodation chamber” from the period. Chinese porcelain from the seventh till the eleventh centuries and glassware from Western Asia are on display. In the exhibition hall, there is a restored building Korokan is a seven minute walk from Akasaka subway station. 1 Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-0043. Tel: 092721 0282. Open from 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week. Closed over the New Year. Free entry. The Korokan site, which is rather large, was discovered in one section of Ohori Park in the Fukuoka Castle in 1987. Facilities of this type were also located in Kyoto and Osaka, but only the Fukuoka remains have been discovered. Excavations have been conducted slowly but steadily at the site in the 25 years since its discovery. |bfz| ngx| imv| kus| udo| fye| ahy| cuy| akh| wwe| rwr| kya| dxq| nqb| lds| dil| vuj| tkc| bus| ead| mnp| mxd| pxg| ncu| rxe| vdy| cfm| sxu| xtq| gso| jjl| exz| dpu| phq| sph| sgl| yfo| jko| vui| dgu| vce| knf| klo| erb| alv| fhw| acr| flt| vck| fph|