Fugoppe Cave

What it is

• A Zoku-Jomon period archaeological site.
• Discovered in 1950.
• Designated a National Historic Site in 1953.
• Managed by the Yoichi Fisheries Museum.

What to see

• A cave 5 meters wide, 6 meters deep, 7 meters high.
• Over 800 carvings of people, animals, and boats.
• Carvings protected and exhibited in a capsule facility.
• A 7-meter-thick layer of artifacts.
• Excavated thin pottery, stone tools, and bone tools.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.