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Jomon culture of Yatsugatake
A piedmont area of Yatsugatake, which straddles between Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures, is known as a place where a culture of the middle Jomon period flourished about 5,000 years ago. You can see a lot of earthenware and clay dolls, which have a high artistic quality and a story that shows the manners and customs of the time, at the piedmont area of Yatsugatake compared to Jomon archaeological sites throughout Japan. At the piedmont area that has beautiful views of Mt. Fuji and the Southern Alps, let’s take a trip to Jomon period feeling beautiful spring water and nature!
This website introduces walking courses where you can experience Jomon culture and historical sites of Yatsugatake. Please be exposed to Yatsugatake Jomon.
Yatsugatake Jomon walk
Walking courses where you can experience Jomon culture and historical sites of Yatsugatake.
A course around Shinanosakai station
This course is the place where you can learn "the farming theory of the Jomon period" while seeing the exhibits at the Jomon archaeological museum.
Distance : 5.19㎞
A course around Kobuchisawa station
In this course, you will visit giant trees and Nakabaru ruins and Izumeyusui.
Distance : 5.08㎞
Jomon trail
On this trail, you will be able to experience, by yourself, the story designated as Japan Heritage, from the village of the Jomon period, which grew up to be a center of consumption of obsidian, to its contemporary mine, where said obsidian was produced.
Distance : 110.85km
Jomon World in Yamanashi and Nagano.
See the products and settlements of Jomon pottery makers in the Central Highlands over Yamanashi and Nagano.
