Moro Heritage Site

What it is

• A complex site from the Paleolithic to Heian periods.
• Tokyo's first confirmed Paleolithic site.
• Designated a Tokyo historic site in 1969.
• Second confirmed Paleolithic site in Japan.

What to see

• Paleolithic artifacts are Tokyo-designated cultural properties.
• 22 excavated stone tools are tangible cultural properties.
• Blade-shaped stone tools named "Moro-gata knife-shaped stone tools."

Getting there

• Located within Jōhoku Chūō Park.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.