Hinodai Shell Midden - Funabashi

It was organized as a museum. It would be interesting if there were more real exhibits.

There are about 100 Jomon archaeological sites in Funabashi that are currently known, and Jomon pottery and pit dwellings are on display. The outside of the museum is a beautiful park with replicas of shell mounds and dwellings. It seems that there is a museum in the place where the Jomon people actually lived 7,000 years ago, so it is a good place to think about in the distant times. Admission is 110 yen and parking is free.

The homepage says that it is 15 minutes from the sea god, but I arrived in about 10 minutes even with my own feet, which was not so early. I couldn't see if the 1st floor was redecorated, but I thought that the admission fee of 110 yen was cheap on the 2nd and 3rd floors alone. I wanted to visit again.

It is the ruins and shell mounds of the village ruins in the early Jomon period about 7,000 years ago. The "fire pot" was discovered for the first time in the history of archeology. Details are on display at the Hinodai Shell Midden Museum next door.

It looks like a beautiful park, but this is a very valuable place. It is also the site of the early Jomon period when the "fire pot" was confirmed for the first time in Japan, but it is a site preserved from the perspective of the people involved in the excavation. If it is an ordinary historic site, it ends with a stone monument or a signboard for explanation. However, it is exhibited and preserved here so that you can see the progress of the excavation survey. Perhaps the enthusiasm of the people involved was drawn to the preservation and release of this shell mound. Perhaps he was directly involved in the design. It is a place where people who come can feel the desire to understand. Funabashi City is doing a good job. PS: Please take a look at this place before visiting the adjacent museum. You can easily become a Jomon enthusiast (bitter smile)

The thatched-roof house, which recreates an ancient house on the second floor, is a favorite of my two-year-old grandson. When you step inside the house, you will forget the reality that has evolved with IT in a dim and fantastic atmosphere. The grandson silently crouches down. It's as if you're talking telepathically with the ancients ... After that, we also recommend the remains of the residence in the adjacent park. A picnic will give you the feeling of a time trip in ancient times. Even after returning home, he repeatedly tells me, "I went to an old house a long time ago!"

About a 10-minute walk from Shin-Funabashi Station, it is currently 15 meters above sea level and approximately 3 kilometers inland from the coastline. In the Jomon period, did it mean that there was a sea near here? Explanation board about "Fotonodai shell mound" is installed, and the contents are described below. "Fuinodai Kaizuka is a remains of the early Jomon period (about 7,000 years ago) that spreads to Haijin Junior High School and its surrounding area (3/4 chome, Kaijin, Funabashi City). The archaeological site is located on the edge of the plateau at an elevation of 12 to 15 m, and extends from 600 m east to west and 60 to 200 m north to south along a small valley on the south side. The area is approximately 76,000 m 2. Shosuke Sugihara conducted the first excavation survey in 1932 (Showa 7). After that, in 1938 (1938) survey of the Tokyo Archaeological Association, it became widely known among researchers that a "fire pit" was discovered for the first time in Japan. The furnace hole is a distinctive feature in the early Jomon period, and is considered to be a facility where cooking and smoking were done outdoors. When the extensive survey is conducted for the first time in 1977 to 1977 (1977 to 1978) for the reconstruction of the school buildings of Haijin Junior High School, over 200 furnace holes, 6 pit dwellings, and 30 or more shell mounds A lot of earthenware and stone ware were excavated with remains such as, and it turned out that it is a village mark of the Jomon period early to represent Tokyo Bay area. In the third survey (historical park part) conducted in 1992-1993, we also found human bones of men and women who were buried together under the shell mound. In addition to the fact that there are few human bones in the early Jomon period, and because it is an example of an old burial, it attracted great attention nationwide. The early Jomon period was a period when natural environments such as topography and vegetation changed significantly, such as the end of the long glacial age and a warm climate, melting of glaciers on the earth and rising sea levels. At the same time, people's lives also changed dramatically from migration to settlement. And in the Tokyo Bay area, utilization of marine products began in earnest at this time. Tobinodai Kaizuka is an indispensable archeological site for considering the lives of people of that time. Therefore Funabashi City decided to save the main ruins as a city designated historical site and plan utilization. Here, we have restored the excavation procedure and the situation at the time of excavation. Funabashi City Board of Education "

The site is smaller than I expected, but it seems that a big secret was hidden. There are no playsets, Azuma, water toilets, etc., and there are only two small table sets for breaks. However, it is comfortable to lay a rug on a clean lawn.