Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Museum

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Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Museum
若 狭 三方 縄 文 博物館
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum exterior view.jpg
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The Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Museum ( Japanese 若 狭 三方 縄 文 博物館 , Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Hakubutsukan ; other name: Dokidoki-kan ( DOKIDOKI 館 )) is an archaeological museum in Wakasa , in Fukui Prefecture , Japan . The museum is dedicated to the artifacts Jōmon time from the mollusk of the excavation site in Torihama ( 鳥浜貝塚 , Torihama Kaizuka ) and the exhibition of varves , so of annual layers that sedimentation of a year from Lake Suigetsu, one of the "five lakes Mikata ”( 三方 五 湖 , Mikata-goko ). The oldest varves are 70,000 years old. The first director of the museum was Takeshi Umehara .

Exhibition focus

View inside the museum
Reconstructed earth pit house outside the museum

The museum focuses on the Jōmon culture, which is represented by the artifacts from the excavation and the stratigraphy of the mollusc heaps in Torihama. The exhibits also include artifacts from the Yuri archaeological site ( ユ リ 遺跡 , Yuri iseki ). In addition to earthenware and dogu , dugouts were also excavated there. In Torihama, wooden remains from the Jōmon period were also found in 1376, which were declared an important cultural asset of Japan.

The museum also presents the research carried out by the Ritsumeikan University Paleoclimatological Center under the direction of Takeshi Nakagawa.

Themed rooms

  • Jōmon hall with reproduced cedar trees as they were discovered during the excavation
  • Jōmon promenade with sound and light effects that make the Jōmon time tangible
  • Clay Pot Trail, which showcases the pottery and pottery art of the Jōmon period
  • Forest, Sea and Sea Civilization - an exhibition area that shows the restored dugout canoes from the Yuri archaeological site
  • Torihama culture - in this exhibition area the mollusc heaps and the jōmon culture are shown
  • Environment of the Jōmon period and varves of Lake Suigetsu - based on the annual layers found, establishes a connection over 70,000 years
  • Theater, a multi-purpose hall in which visitors can watch a 25-minute information film that is used for lectures
  • Discovery Room, which offers groups of visitors archeology to touch with clay pots, puzzles etc.
  • Museum shop
  • Roman Park in the outside area of ​​the museum with reconstructed earth pit houses

Address: 122-12-1 Torihama, Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui 919-1331, Japan Located on Lake Mikata near the mouth of the Hase River; Approximately 20 minutes' walk from Mikata Station (JR Obama Line ). Closed on Tuesdays with the exception of the holiday season.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 常設 展示 . Retrieved August 24, 2019 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 福井 県 三方 町 の 縄 文 遺跡 群
  3. ^ Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum Official Webpage
  4. ↑ Fukui Prefectural satoyama Satoumi Research Institute Blog
  5. ↑ 若 狭 三方 縄 文 博物館 . (PDF) Retrieved on August 24, 2019 (Japanese, museum brochure with a map of the rooms).


Coordinates: 35 ° 33 ′ 31.5 "  N , 135 ° 53 ′ 46.8"  E