An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

Data CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photos per credit

Explore

Atlas map
All places
Categories
Countries
Contested & pseudo

Community

Theories & discussion
Lists
News & resources
Submit a resource

Mysteria

About the atlas
Data & verification
Licenses & credits
Create an account

The house

Thaumatica
Libra Esoterica
UAP Nexus
Aletheca
Lonely Island

Search Mysteria

Search places, or jump to a section

Places in Japan matching “Shiga Prefecture” · Mysteria

The catalogue

Places in Japan matching “Shiga Prefecture”

3 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

Filters

Clear all

Verification

Pick several

Verified128 Widely accepted31 Contested2 Hypothetical6 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology2

3 places

Submerged sites

Buried

“Shiga Prefecture”

🇯🇵 Japan · Archaeological wonder

Awazu Shell Midden

Incipient Jomon (12000) → Early Jomon 8000–6000 BCE (Jomon lakeshore forager) · Jomon (Lake Biwa Incipient–Early Jomon)

Incipient–Early Jomon lakeshore shell midden (c.12000–6000 BCE) on Lake Biwa eastern bank at Awazu, Otsu — 0.8 ha freshwater shell mound (Seta shijimi clam) excavated 1962–86 by Shiga Prefecture,…

≈Accepted

🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex

Ishiyama-dera

Ishiyama-dera (石山寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Ishiyamadera neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

≈Accepted

🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex

Hōgon-ji

Hōgon-ji (宝厳寺) is a Buddhist temple located on Chikubushima in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.