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169 places in the atlas, 24 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Yonaguni Sanctuary Central — Yonaguni (58-16) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan) in Nara, Asuka, Takamatsuzuka, Japan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus a…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Nara Hilltop I — Nara, Asuka (54-21) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) ancient village of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Nara Village I — Nara, Asuka (54-32) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Iron Age (regional) ancient village of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Early–Middle–Late) → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Sea of Japan coastal)
Sea of Japan Yayoi paddy village (300 BCE–300 CE) at Tawayama near Tottori — 150 m ring ditch with Izumo trade horizon.
🇯🇵 Japan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Yoshinogari — Buried Moat North (Saga, Yayoi, Japan) in Saga, Yoshinogari, Japan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Early to Late Jomon 6000–1000 BCE · Early–Late Jomon (Date, Uchiura Bay)
Early to Late Jomon marine midden and ritual site (c.6000–1000 BCE) at Date, Hokkaido — 14.4 ha plateau site with massive shell mound (oyster, Scallop 3 m thick, 2500 m³), 70+ pit dwellings, lacquer…
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Late Jomon (c.2000 BCE) · Late Jomon (Mori)
Largest Hokkaido stone circle (37 m oval, c.2000 BCE) — triple rings with mass-grave pit cemetery above Funka Bay.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Roxby Midden Dolmen in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Harappan culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Late Kofun (late 6th c. CE c. 590 CE) · Yamato aristocracy (Mononobe/Soga)
Ikaruga round tomb excavated 1985, 6 mirrors including beast-band mirrors, unlooted 6th c. elite.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi (Wa)
Saga Yoshinogari excavated 1986–, 2000+ pit houses, Chinese Han mirrors and bronze daggers, moat chief graveyard.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early–Middle Kofun c.450 CE (Asuka preceding) · Kofun (Kinai–Kanto diffusion)
Kanto scallop hotategai-kofun 67 m (c.450 CE) — double moat and box cist on Mibu Plateau (per Ushivika).
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Jomon Isedotai Stone Circle D East Arc in Akita, Kitaakita, Japan is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Ikikoku under Wei Zhi Wa federation) · Yayoi Iki–Tsushima maritime (Wa – Wei Himiko federation)
Wei Zhi Ikikoku maritime capital (300 BCE–300 CE) at Harunotsuji Iki — 100 ha with 2 km moat, 47 Han mirrors and plaza warehouse.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Early 7000 → Late Jomon 3000 BP · Jomon Hokuriku Noto — Mawaki dolphin hunters
Mawaki Noto Shell Mound — Jomon early to late massive shell midden with dolphin remains (c.7000–3000 BP) on Noto Peninsula bay at Mawaki, Hokuriku, excavated 1980s–90s.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Middle–Late Kofun 350–600 CE (Yamato mature) · Yamato Mozu–Furuichi Kofun tradition
Mozu Kofun Cluster — dense kofun cemetery (49 kofun inscribed, 160,000+ total in Japan, 4th–6th c CE) across Mozu and Furuichi plains 10 km south Osaka, excavated 1970s–2019 Shiraishi et al.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Early 5000 BCE → Middle 3000–2000 BCE → Late 2000–1000 BCE · Jomon (Noto Sea of Japan coastal, Hokuriku)
Mid-Jomon bayhead village (4000–1200 BCE) at Mawaki Noto — 30 m wooden post circle and 6 m pit-house row with dolphin harpoon.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Late Asuka (Fujiwara) 694–710 CE · Asuka–Nara court (Tang-influenced)
23 m Asuka bijin mound (694–710 CE, 1972) — court women fresco, four beasts, sun–moon (National Treasure).
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early Kofun 280–300 CE (Yayoi → Kofun) · Yamato early Kofun (Makimuku–Hashihaka)
Hashihaka Kofun — first large keyhole-shaped kofun (zenpō-kōen-fun, c.280–300 CE) 280 m long, 30 m high on Makimuku plain Sakurai, excavated 1970s–2000s Shiraishi.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Nara Settlement A — Nara, Asuka (54-50) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Nara Enclosure Central — Nara, Asuka (54-23) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Great Yonaguni Temple Outer — Yonaguni (58-27) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Bronze Age (regional) submerged city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Nara Platform A — Nara, Asuka (54-24) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Iron Age (regional) ancient village of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tōdai-ji — North Gate Ancillary Kaidan (Nara) in Nara, Nara, Tōdai-ji, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
