Access and location details not yet known.
See report of Jomon period dog paw prints in the Japan Times.
Full access and location details not yet known. Some materials from this site are held at the University of Kyoto Museum
Loc. Azuchi-cho (materials from this site may be displayed at the nearby Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum - details at right).
Dr Peter Matthews, National Museum of Ethnology, Senri Expo Park, Suita 565-8511, Japan. Tel. +81 (6) 6876-2151. Fax +81 (6) 6878-7503. Email: info (at-mark) researchco-op.co.nz
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A travel plan (i night, 2 days) using trains, recommended by the Kansai Window tourism website. Includes locations of interest for learning about Jomon archaeology.
Jomon and more recent archaeological materials are displayed at the Shiga Prefectural Azuchi Castle Archeological Museum, near the shore of Lake Biwa. Electric bicycles can be hired at from next to JR Azuchi railway station for a pleasant ride through rice fields to the museum (on a fine day!). A hands on display of Jomon midden shell is provided outside the laboratory window, and the lab itself is a display. A great concept (helps to demystify the process of doing archaeology) (PJM 16.2.03).
Access: (Japanese name=Shiga Kenritsu Omi Fudoki-no Oka Shiryokan) Oaza-Shimo-Toyoura, Azuchi-cho, Gamo-gun. Tel. 0748-46-2424. Entry hours 09:30-16:30, closed: Mon./days after hol./New Year.
Perhaps the best staring point for exploring the history of Shiga Prefecture. The museum provides an in depth (literally) introduction to Lake Biwa, one of the world's oldest lakes, with extremely diverse flora and fauna, and long history of human settlement around the lake. Much of the human history is now underwater, and one the exhibitions introduce the methods of underwater archaeology, as well as describing life in the Jomon and other periods in the past.
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