🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Komakino Stone Circle
Late to Final Jomon (2300–400 BCE) · Late Jomon (Tsugaru region)
Late Jomon megalithic cemetery (c.2300–1700 BCE) on Hakkoda foothills in Aomori City — massive ring-ditch stone circle 35 m dia.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Kamegaoka
Jomon Late 2000–1000 BCE → Final 1000–300 BCE → Yayoi transition · Jomon Late–Final (North Tohoku–Tsugaru lacquer)
Tsugaru Late Jomon lacquer capital (1000–300 BCE) at Kamegaoka hill — 8 ha with 27 red urushi vessels (20 layers) and jade magatama workshop.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Futatsumori Shell Midden
Early to Middle Jomon 4500–2500 BCE (Jomon 2–4) · Early–Middle Jomon (Tōhoku coastal)
Early–Middle Jomon coastal shell midden and settlement (c.4500–2500 BCE) at Shichinohe on the Lake Ogawara plain — massive shell mound 120×80 m (Late Jomon layers 3 m thick) with 40+ pit dwellings,…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Sannai-Maruyama Site
Middle to Late Jomon 3900–2300 BCE (peak Early-Middle) · Jomon (northern Honshu hunter-gatherer)
Largest Jomon hunter-gatherer settlement (3900–2300 BCE) with 40 ha including six-pillar 15 m building (reconstructed), 500+ pit dwellings, longhouses, burial pits with red ochre, and jade exchange…