Links to Jomon archaeology in the prefectures of Chubu region, central Honshu. The prefectural capital cities are Fukui, Gifu, Kanazawa, Kofu, Nagano, Nagoya, Niigata, Shizuoka, and Toyama.
Climate: cool temperate, with heavy winter snow in mountains and western areas near the Japan Sea coast.
Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, Yamanashi
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-W, an alphabetical list of our pages for all prefectures in Japan