Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum

Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum (若狭三方縄文博物館) is an archeological museum located in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the exhibition of Torihama shell mound as well as varve (annual layer pattern), oldest of which dating back to 70,000 years ago, discovered in the bottom of Lake Suigetsu, one of the Five Lakes of Mikata. The founding chairman is Takeshi Umehara.

Interior view of Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum
Reconstructed pit-house on exhibit outside of the museum.
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum
Location of Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum (Japan)
Location122-121-1 Torihama, Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture
Coordinates35.55875°N 135.896333°E / 35.55875; 135.896333
Typearcheological museum
Websitehttps://www.town.fukui-wakasa.lg.jp/jomon/index.html

Activities

Permanent exhibition

Artifacts excavated from Torihama shell mound and others from the Jōmon period are on display. Central to the display is the stratigraphy of the mound. Other objects include a dugout canoe from the Yuri archeological site and its reconstruction, Jōmon pottery from various locations, dogū (clay dolls), and buried trees. Also, research by Takeshi Nakagawa, the Chairman of Archeological Climate Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, is explained to the public.[1][2] Lake Suigetsu Varve Research and Exhibition Center (provisional name) is scheduled to open in September 2018.[3]

Visitor participation

Visitors can experience making a magatama, clay flute, or clay pottery. They can also experience fire-making and dugout canoe riding.

Public education

Lectures on Jomon period and on environmental archeology.

Outside exhibition

Reconstructed pit-house (access without charge).

Access

Located near Lake Mikata, at the mouth of Hasu river. About a 20–25 minute walk from Mikata Station of JR Obama Line.

Open date

The Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum is closed on Tuesday (except on holidays, in which case it is closed on Wednesday) and at the end and beginning of the year.

References
  1. Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum Handout
  2. Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum Official Webpage
  3. Fukui Prefectural Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute Weblog
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