Japanese Archaeological Sites
Aota Archaeological Site
Middle and Final Jomon site in Niigata Prefecture; graphics on this site are high-quality and lead to slow load times.
Fukui Cave (Japan)
Fukui Cave is a rockshelter located in Nagasaki Prefecture of the island of Kyushu, Japan.
Hamanaka 2 (Japan)
Hamanaka 2 is a multicomponent archaeological site on Rebun Island, Hokkaido province, Japan.
Heijo Palace
Nara Period (710-784 A.D.) imperial residence and vicinity, from the Japanese Lifestyle website.
Kusado Sengen
A medieval town, once buried by the Ashida River, now excavated. From Yasuyuki Suzuki & Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History, Fukuyama, Japan
Mogawigamba River Project
From the University of Kelo, information on ongoing investigations into several Paleolithic sites, including information about excavations at Kaza-ana Cave
Monden-tsujibatake (Japan)
The archaeological site of Monden-tsujibatake is a Yayoi period village and urnfield cemetery located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Natsushima, Japan
The archaeological site of Natsushima is an early Jomon tradition site, located in Kanagawa Province on a small island in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Paleontological Sites in Japan
Many of the paleontological sites in Japan (including Fudozaka, Hyotan-ana Cave, Nakajimayama, and Kamitakamori, all once listed in these pages) have been discredited as a result of a scandal concerning the deliberate salting of the sites by a researcher. News report from the BBC.
Sannai-Maruyama
The Sannai-Maruyama site is a Jomon period site where continuous occupation took place for a long period of time (about 5500-4000 years ago).
Soramitsu
Historical-geographical tour of Nara from the air, includes interesting landscape study. From Noboru Ogata of the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University.
Tochibara Rockshelter (Japan)
The Tochibara rockshelter is the name of an inland, Early Jomon period archaeological site overlooking the Aiki river in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Usujiri, Japan
The archaeological site of Usujiri is located in the Hokkaido region of Aomori prefecture on the island of Japan.