Ceramic restoration lab at Sannai Maruyama site. Many hands-on exhibits bring to life the materials of early Japanese peoples. Jomon ceramics are some of the earliest in the world and exhibit an impressive variety of vessel forms and decorative techniques. Yayoi wooden artifacts mostly associated with farming tasks. This, is one of many immensely large horizontal excavations characterizing Japanese archaeology of the last 15 years.
Japan probably has a higher number of archaeologists per capita than any other country in the world.
Feudal lord's house structural features at Shiodome Iseki, Tokyo. One of the tasks for the Edo period lord was to reclaim for development the swamp around his house. During the later Meji Period it became the first rail station in Japan and the 'mile 0 marker' marks the beginning of the Japanese rail system in the last century. Backdrop of Tokyo. Urban construction frequently requires extensive archaeological investigations.