Iwajuku Museum

Nice place to know how the stone age of Japan was

Iwajuku is the place where an amateur archaeologist Mr. Aizawa found the stone tools in Japan for the first time. The museum exhibits many stone tools along with the history. This is one of the best p...

The treasures of the "Iwajuku era (Paleolithic period in Japan)" that I think can be more evaluated are on display.

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The treasures of the "Iwajuku era (Paleolithic period)" that I think can be more evaluated are on display. Even if it is said to be the "Iwajuku era", most people will say "What is that?", But in the so-called "Paleolithic period (called the era of stone tools)" defined in the so-called Japanese history textbook, The fact that "polished stone tools" were found and that a tremendous new history was born of "the existence of the Paleolithic period in Japan". And from the place name of the discovery area, the Iwajuku era ...

Japan の Paleolithic

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In the prewar Archaeological Society, it is a museum that exhibits stone tools, which are excavations of the Iwajuku ruins, which are important discoveries that changed the theory that there may be no Paleolithic period in Japan, especially in the Kanto Plain. If you are not interested, you may pass through it, but if you are interested in history, you should take a look. You can also follow the footsteps of Tadahiro Aizawa, who discovered this ruin. The building is also novel, but it matched the surrounding environment. Corona infection control was sufficient.

Iwagu Sance

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ＪＲ It is a museum that is a short walk from Iwajuku Station. There is a permanent area on the second floor. Photography is not good. There was a special exhibition on the first floor, and there was a tent made of deer skin 〇

Permanent display で

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It is adjacent to the Iwajuku Ruins and Iwajuku no Sato. I stopped by because I felt unsatisfactory at the historic Iwajuku Ruins Probation and Observation Facility (Iwajuku Dome). In the permanent exhibition, there are explanations of the Iwajuku era and skeleton specimens of mammoth elephants, so I learned a little about Iwajuku. There is also a special exhibition, but this time I didn't see it for time.