Jōmon
Tokyo · 縄文Browse Tokyo’s cultural heritage from the Jōmon period (14,000 – 300 BCE). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
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Tokyo Jōmon Period
14,000 – 300 BCE
A Jomon-period clay figurine held in Tokyo. Its own name carries the find-spot in Miyagi Prefecture, while its own reading field there does not at all.
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.