Places in Japan

Ushivika Kofun — unrecorded southwestern keyhole? round kofun (c.5th–6th c CE, middle–late Kofun) on Chikuho plain between Iizuka and Keisen, Fukuoka, reported 2018 Chikuho mound survey.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Toro Yayoi Paddy Settlement

Yayoi Late 1st c BCE–1st c CE (late Yayoi classic) · Yayoi Tokai Etsu — Toro paddy tradition (Suruga plain)

Toro Yayoi Paddy Settlement — classic Yayoi late wet-rice village (1st c BCE–1st c CE, late Yayoi) on Abe River floodplain 4 km south Shizuoka, discovered 1943 (Land Reform) excavated 1947–48 by Y.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Jomon Sannai-Maruyama Large Pit House 23

Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic

Jomon Sannai-Maruyama Large Pit House 23 in Aomori, Sannai-Maruyama, Japan is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Yoshinogari Moat Enclosure North Gate

Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic

Yoshinogari Moat Enclosure North Gate in Saga, Yoshinogari, Japan is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Gusuku Katsuren Castle North Curtain

Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic

Gusuku Katsuren Castle North Curtain in Okinawa, Uruma, Japan is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.

🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Takamatsuzuka Tumulus

Asuka Late 645–710 CE · Yamato–Asuka with Tang Kaiyuan import

Asuka Tang-style painted round tomb (700 CE) at Takamatsuzuka — 23 m with Asuka bijin court ladies in Tang dress National Treasure.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Toro

Yayoi Early 300 BCE → Middle 100 BCE → Late 100–300 CE → Kofun · Yayoi (Tōkai–Suruga paddy culture)

Textbook Yayoi paddy (300 BCE–300 CE) at Toro Shizuoka — 370 waterlogged paddy plots with wooden spades and weir on Abe fan.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Karako-Kagi

Yayoi 400 BCE–400 CE (Middle Yayoi peak 100 BCE–200 CE) · Yayoi (Kinki Nara Basin)

Nara Basin double-moated Yayoi city (400 BCE–400 CE) — 110k m2 with 30 granaries and bronze foundry at Tawaramoto.

🇯🇵 Japan · Archaeological wonder

Yamaguchi Yonaguni Second Terrace – Sanninudai Extended Claim

Pseudoarchaeology 1992– claim (proposed 10,000 BCE Atlantis Mu) · Kimura Atlantis/Mu school

1992 second 'central castle' claim 2 km from Yonaguni main — sandstone fracture sea-stack misread as stepped podium at –15 m.

🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Makimuku Keyhole Kofun

Early Kofun 250–300 CE (transition Yayoi→Kofun) · Yayoi–Early Kofun — Makimuku/Yamato nucleus (Kinai)

Makimuku Keyhole Kofun — Makimuku Kofun cluster's keyhole trio at Miyama foothills 3 km south Sakurai, earliest keyhole zenpo-koen (late 3rd c CE) defining Yamato Kofun genesis before Hashihaka…

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Toro Site

Late Jomon 3rd c BCE → Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE → Kofun · Yayoi rice-farming (Tokai Yayoi)

Toro — Yayoi rice-paddy village (1st c CE Yayoi, also 3rd c BCE late Jomon) 2 km south Shizuoka station, Abe River lowland, excavated 1943–47 (Japan's first post-war dig) by Matsumoto.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city

Makimuku (Sakurai)

Yayoi Late 100–250 CE → Kofun Early 250–350 CE (Yamatai → Yamato) · Yayoi → Kofun transition (Yamato initial urbanism)

Yamato proto-city (180–300 CE) at Sakurai foot Mt. Miwa — 3 km village with palace pillars and Himiko Yamatai candidate (Wei Zhi 240 CE).

🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Teraji

Kofun Middle–Late 400–600 CE (Kibi culture) · Kofun Kibi (Seto Inland-Kibi chiefdom)

Kibi keyhole tumulus (400–600 CE) at Teraji near Soja — 65 m yokoana corridor with Sue ware and Gaya bronze horse gear.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Kakinoshima Site

Initial to Final Jomon 7000–400 BCE (Jomon 1–6) · Jomon (southern Hokkaido, Minamikayabe)

Long-lived Jomon settlement and ceremonial terrace (c.7000–1000 BCE) at Kakinoshima, Hakodate, Hokkaido — 7.6 ha terrace settlement inhabited 6000 years from Early to Final Jomon, with 400+ pit…

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Mizuko Shell Midden

Jomon 6000–1800 BCE (Early to Final) stratified · Jomon (Kanto)

132 m Kanto Jomon shell midden — 5× stratified with 35 pit houses on Musashino (Mizuko, 6000–1800 BCE).

🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith

Komakino Stone Circle

Late to Final Jomon (2300–400 BCE) · Late Jomon (Tsugaru region)

Late Jomon megalithic cemetery (c.2300–1700 BCE) on Hakkoda foothills in Aomori City — massive ring-ditch stone circle 35 m dia.

🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Iwakura (Fukuoka)

Kofun Middle–Late 350–550 CE (Northern Kyushu–Genkai) · Northern Kyushu Kofun (Genkai–Itoshima)

Genkai coast 55 m keyhole (350–550 CE) at Iwakura hill Fukuoka — corridor with Sue ware, iron armor and haniwa house model bridging Yayoi to Yamato.

🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Ushivika Kofun Cluster

Yayoi late 3rd c → Kofun 4th–6th c CE · Yayoi–Kofun transition — Suo Bay Kitakyushu

Ushivika Kofun Cluster — late Yayoi to Kofun burial cluster (3rd–6th c CE, 11 mounds) on Suo Bay terrace at Kanda, north Kyushu, surveyed 1970s–90s.

🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith

Isedotai Stone Circles

Late Jomon (2000–1000 BCE) · Late Jomon (northern Tōhoku)

Late Jomon ritual stone complex (c.2000–1700 BCE) at Kitaakita, Akita — four large stone circles (largest 45 m dia.) with 200+ river cobble andesite arrangements, sunken pit structures, and adjacent…

🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex

Inner Nara Necropolis Central — Nara, Asuka (54-20)

Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic

Inner Nara Necropolis Central — Nara, Asuka (54-20) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.

🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city

Little Nara Fortress West — Nara, Asuka (54-22)

Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic

Little Nara Fortress West — Nara, Asuka (54-22) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.

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