Aomori Prefecture
Sannai Maruyama Site, Aomori City
Sannai Maruyama in Aomori City is possibly the best known and most accessible of Jomon sites in Japan. It is located on a headland overlooking what used to be a shallow bay, but what is now a wide plain occupied by Aomori city. Huge quantities of pottery and organic remains have been found here, and many materials are displayed in an onsite museum.
Use the link above for access details (address, access, guides, events, etc.). Materials from the site will soon be displayed in the new Aomori Museum of Art (Opens July 13th 2006).
A bilingual newsletter (300 yen per issue) is published by an NPO, the Sannai-Maruyama Jomon Information Association, tel. 017 (773) 3477, fax 017 (732) 3545.
NPO Liason Office: Purizumu & Co., Ltd. 2-24-2 Nagashima, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan 030-0861. Liason website: www.prism-net.jp (J. only).
Kamegaoka Mura
A huge statue of the Shakoki Dogu (Jomon doll discovered more than a century ago) can be seen longside fields in Kamegaoka hamlet, a suburb of Kizukuri, Aomori-ken (see article and photo in Look Japan).
Komakino Relics, Aomori City
Description and beautiful photo of a large site (about 1 hectare) with two stone circles, in forest at at Komakino, Aomori City.
Odai-Yamamoto site
Incipient Jomon site with what may be the earliest pottery in Japan and the world (c. 17,000- 18,500 BP). No information on location or p@ublic displays available yet.
Other places with Jomon materials
AOMORI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM
2-8-14 Hon-cho, Aomori-city, Aomori Pref., 030-0802. Tel. 0177-77-1585
HACHINOHE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
35-1 Nejohigashigamae, Hachinohe-city, Aomori Pref., 039-1166. Tel. 0178-44-8111
HACHINOHE JOMON-LEARNING CENTER
3-1 Nakai, Koregawa Aza, Hachinohe-city, Aomori Pref., 031-0023. Tel. 0178-96-1484
ITAYANAGI FOLK ART MUSEUM
70 Iwai, Hainuma Aza, Itayanagi-machi Oaza, Kita-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori Pref., 038-3672. Tel. 0172-72-0330
JOMON-KAN
195 Byobu-yama, Tateoka Aza, Kizukuri-machi, Nishi-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori Pref., 038-3283. Tel. 0173-45-3450
MORITA HISTORICAL FOLK ART MUSEUM
340-2 Tsukimino, Morita Aza, Morita-mura, Nishi-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori Pref., 038-2816. Tel. 0173-26-2201