Fukui Prefecture

Torihama Shell Midden

An important waterlogged site that yielded large quantities of plant remains, as well as pottery and other artefacts. Access (an easy day trip from Kyoto, by train): Mikata-machi, Fukui. The site, now an open-air display area with reconstructed pit dwellings, lies at the confluence of the Hasu and Takase Rivers, near Lake Mikata. it is just one of many sites in the area (see Mikata Jomon Period Museum) (website J only).

Other sites of interest in Fukui: Kitadera site, 1.3km inland from Torihama; Yuri site, where ancient Jomon canoes were found; and Fujii site, on the right bank of the Hasu River some 3km upriver from Lake Mikata. The Mikata Cho-ritsu Kyodo Shiryokan (Local Treasures Museum of Mikata Municipality) (?a different/older museum) exhibits Jomon materials from the area. (PJM 24.5.03)

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