Jōmon
縄文Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Jōmon period (14,000 – 300 BCE). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Koshidaka Site on Tsushima yielded mostly Korean-style raised-band pottery and a stone hearth like those near Busan. It became a National Historic Site in 2025.
Found nearly whole in 1986, this mica-flecked Jomon figure was Japan's first prehistoric National Treasure. The original stands at a museum in Chino, Nagano.
A large Late Jomon clay figure from the Nakappara site in Chino, Nagano, named for its inverted-triangle, mask-like face. A National Treasure since 2014.
Explore the Shitanoya Archaeological Site in Nishitokyo City, a National Historic Site preserving one of the largest Middle Jōmon period settlements in southern Kanto. Walk among reconstructed pit dwellings and experience 5,000 years of history just 30 minutes from Shinjuku.
Discover the Important Cultural Property "Artifacts from Burial Pits at the Tokoro River Estuary Site" in Kitami, Hokkaido. A remarkable collection of 1,805 ancient burial goods including amber necklaces, jade magatama, and ornate pottery reveals 2,900 years of funeral rituals along the Sea of Okhotsk.