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It's a good place. Compared to Mahoron in Fukushima Prefecture, the exhibition inside the facility is more specialized in Okadaira Kaizuka. I felt local love. Is the facility a little small? I thought, but it is quite comfortable to make. The facility feels good too. It is worth mentioning that the vast area outside couldn't be reached in a day. The site is three times larger than Mahoron and you can relax. It would be really fun to reproduce the pit dwelling of the ancient villagers on the site of the Jomon village.

There was a signboard of the ruins and I went there. If you enter a little from the prefectural road, there is a large parking lot ?️. Since there is a distance when walking from the parking lot が あ る ️, it is better to go to the ruins by car if it is a normal car. The site of the ruins also includes toilets, a watershed and a break hut. There is also a well-maintained shrine in the back, so it's a good idea to worship a little. . . There are no shops or vending machines, so it is recommended that you take a walk with something (* ^-^) Near the ruins is a gravel road. Have a nice day (* ^-^)

The display of the excavated items is a bit steep. The park with shell mound is a national cultural asset. It's wide. I am full of nature. Good for a walk. However, I do not know in appearance what is shell mound.

It is a cultural property center that has one of the finest Jomon ruins in Ibaraki, and I feel the attachment that people in the area know that this ruins are carefully protected. There are many beautiful earthenware on display on one floor! I am excited. Wild boars will also appear this time, but it will be a proof that they have filled the stomachs of Jomon period ancestors as a blessing from ancient times.

I came to shoot wild birds. ????️?? The little birds are Daurian Redstart and White-eye. ?️????? By the way, a lump of metal ...? Click on the contrails ???

You can make earthenware, make earthen flutes, and make acorn cookies by hand. It seems that it was the first time in Japan that it was mined only by Japanese people. You can choose from two types of pottery, mini and large, but we recommend that you can make any of them at a reasonable price. The amount of money is exceptionally low at 400 yen for making mini earthenware! What's more, the great thing about this place is that even though all the ingredients are collected and processed by ourselves, we can enjoy it for less than one coin, which is amazing! If you like it, please do it!

Exhibits from the "Okadaira Kaizuka", the origin of Japanese archeology, which was first excavated by only Japanese people, are on display. Under the guidance of his teacher, Dr. Morse, the excavation of the Rikuhira shell mound was carried out mainly by the students of the University of Tokyo, Chujiro Sasaki and Isao Ijima, who were also involved in the investigation of the Omori shell mound, which was the first modern excavation in Japan. Therefore, it is evaluated as the "origin". What is very interesting is that none of these three characters, who became the beginning of Japanese archeology, were archaeologists (laughs). Dr. Morse is a zoologist whose main research is arm and foot biology, Chujiro Sasaki became an entomologist and achieved achievements in sericulture, and Isao Ijima went on to become a fish, bird, and parasitologist and left a name in the world. I did. I am very fortunate to be able to get the start of Japanese archeology by zoologists. There is nothing more foolish and dangerous than humans in anthropology and literature history evaluating excavated items based on existing theories and subjectivity. Just as a zoologist observes the ecology of living things without prejudice, he carefully examines the color and luster shape of the pottery to be investigated, leaves a polite sketch, and can withstand the objective evaluation of a third party later. It is natural to keep it. The method is still being taken over. The center displays their detailed sketches of the fine patterns of earthenware. I'm pretty good at painting (laughs). The reason why I wrote this is because there is a black history of Shogoro Tsuboi, who is from anthropology, who ruined "Yoshimi Hyakuana", a large-scale collective tomb in Saitama Prefecture, with his childish excavation and evaluation. I'm a human being in the early Meiji era, and for the time being, he is called the father of Japanese anthropology and archeology. However, the method of excavation was in contrast to Morse and others. I didn't make a rough drawing of the grave pit of Yoshimi Hyakuana, I didn't sketch the excavated items, and the work was left to the local farmers, and I would come to see it once in a while. Even if it is called excavation, removing the lithograph that is blocking the grave pit is a so-called "grave vandalism" that collects valuable things in the grave. The relics excavated after that were delivered to the University of Tokyo, but they are poorly managed and are now missing. At least if only the sketch remains ... The stone slabs that were removed were just right for stepping stones in the garden, and they were taken back to the farmers' homes. Furthermore, for some reason, this man is obsessed with an anthropological delusion that the dwarf Koropokuru, who appears in Ainu folk tales, must be a Paleolithic and an indigenous Japanese, looking for the basis. I was there. Now, "Yoshimi Hyakuana" has appeared there, and there is also a bed to enshrine the body, and the narrow grave pit does not look like a dwarf's dwelling. Therefore, Tsuboi came to announce the rare theory of the century, "Yoshimi Hyakuana Koropokuru Residence Theory". Let's leave Tsukkomi saying, "Well, where did the Koropokuru you say exist on the earth!" (Laughs). Most of the time, if you live in a house, you shouldn't make a door that you can go in and out of every day with a heavy lithograph, and if you have the ability to objectively observe an object, you can't come to this conclusion. In short, from the beginning, Koitsu just used Yoshimi Hyakuana as a good way to reinforce his theory, and he didn't see or understand the most important research subjects. It's a gangster behavior that you shouldn't do as a scientist. The story went too far off the side road (laughs). Rikuhira shell mounds are basically prioritized for preservation of the current situation and are not converted into amusement parks, so some people may find it unsatisfactory. However, the vast forest with abundant nature as it was in the Jomon period is left, and it reminds me of the Jomon people who were eating delicious shellfish (laughs).

Earthenware excavated from the Rikudaira shell mound is on display. The exhibition space is not large, but it is compact and easy to see. The site is ideal for a wide walk, and it feels like 3000 steps per lap. The pit-house type dwelling has been restored on the premises, which is a highlight. There are benches and tables in front of the dwelling, so I think it's good to see cherry blossoms while eating lunch. Unfortunately, I could not confirm that the spring water was springing in the "Bukubuku water" that was mentioned in the guide. The staff was very kind to me Opening hours 9:00 to 17:00 Free admission Closed days: Monday Parking lot is very large