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Introducing the Iwakage Megaliths
heritageofjapan:Megalithic sites of Japan have been under-researched and the origins of solar worship and the people who were sun-and-rock worshipers in Japan requires much deeper and comprehensive...
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Whale shrines and Bake-kujira – Ghost Whale tales out of Shimane and Okinawa
A marvelous write-up on Bakekujira and whale cults of Japan, and a visual treat for lovers of kaidan and whales, is to be found at Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai
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Recent research pinpoints North China as centre of millet domestication,...
Source: PNAS study Fig. 1 Cishan site in North China, proposed centre of millet domestication in East Asia Broomcorn millet, barnyard millet, and foxtail millet were all species of millet cultivated...
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Oldest basil pollen in Japan found in ditch of 3rd c. Makimuku ruins, Nara,...
A microscopic image of basil pollen, found at a third-century ruin in Nara prefecture, central Japan. Research Center for Makimukugaku, Sakurai City The Makimuku ruins in Nara prefecture where the...
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Edo period ofuda
Originally posted on asceticsandpilgrims: I stumbled upon a trove of Edo periodofuda 御札, or protective talisman, while searching through archives at the Nagano Prefectural Historical Museum last week....
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Ancient salt production and trade in Japan
Salt, and iron, aside from rice, were the most precious economic and trading commodities and resources of ancient East Asian states. When the rulers of the polities controlled or monopolized trade in...
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The latest find of seven dotaku bells from Awajishima Island pushes back date...
Dotaku bells found on Awajishima Island (The Yomiuri Shimbun, May 20, 2015) Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun Seven dotaku bronze bells from the mid-Yayoi period, or around the second century B.C., were...
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The size of the Mongol genetic footprint across Eurasia, a footprint that was...
Depiction of the samurai Suenaga Takezaki repelling Mongol and Korean arrows and bombs at Torikai-Gata. “Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba” by 竹崎季長 – 蒙古襲来絵詞. Open source: Wikimedia Commons Genetics researchers in...
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Cormorant fishing began in Japan by the Kofun period at least, ancient...
Courtesy of the Yamanashi Prefectural Government The ancient art of cormorant fishing is called ukai and is still practised in 13 cities in Japan today. Usho fishing masters are charged with procuring...
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Introducing the Iwakage Megaliths
heritageofjapan:Megalithic sites of Japan have been under-researched and the origins of solar worship and the people who were sun-and-rock worshipers in Japan requires much deeper and comprehensive...
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Whale shrines and Bake-kujira – Ghost Whale tales out of Shimane and Okinawa
A marvelous write-up on Bakekujira and whale cults of Japan, and a visual treat for lovers of kaidan and whales, is to be found at Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai
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Recent research pinpoints North China as centre of millet domestication,...
Source: PNAS study Fig. 1 Cishan site in North China, proposed centre of millet domestication in East Asia Broomcorn millet, barnyard millet, and foxtail millet were all species of millet cultivated...
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Oldest basil pollen in Japan found in ditch of 3rd c. Makimuku ruins, Nara,...
A microscopic image of basil pollen, found at a third-century ruin in Nara prefecture, central Japan. Research Center for Makimukugaku, Sakurai City The Makimuku ruins in Nara prefecture where the...
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Edo period ofuda
Originally posted on asceticsandpilgrims: I stumbled upon a trove of Edo periodofuda 御札, or protective talisman, while searching through archives at the Nagano Prefectural Historical Museum last week....
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New study goes against theory of China as origin of domesticated rice
A new study could throw light on the origins of the migrants who brought rice culture to Japan and Korea… New study suggests early rice farmers in three separate geographic locations independently...
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Gushikawa Castle Ruins
Samu Champloo I have no idea why people go to Okinawa World. An Okinawa themed park in Okinawa is ridiculous. My former classmate visited me late last year so I was tasked with finding some places to...
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Taisha-tsukuri shrine architecture: roof construction
This blogpost looks at the key features of some of the earliest known Shinto shrines in Japan… San'in Monogatari Throughout the Izumo region, in cities such as Izumo, Matsue, and Unnan especially,...
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Scientists find largest Stone Age bone bonanza on Ishigaki island
Below is the news article by Jiji Press via Japan Times Ishigaki Island may harbor biggest Paleolithic ruins in East Asia ISHIGAKI, OKINAWA PREF. – Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture could hold the...
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Archaeologists find world’s oldest fishhooks on Okinawa Island
FIshhooks carved from shells from Sakitari Cave World’s oldest fishhook found on Okinawa by Michael Price, Science Magazine Sep 16, 2016 There’s no telling what kinds of fishermen’s tales they told,...
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How did 3rd ~ 4th c. Roman coins end up in the 12th~15th c. Katsuren Castle...
Above: A coin issued by the Roman Empire and recently excavated from castle ruins in Okinawa is shown Monday at the Uruma Municipal Govt office in Okinawa Below: Other relics unearthed from the site...
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