Soya Shell Mound
曾谷貝塚
Explore Japan's largest horseshoe-shaped shell mound, a significant Jomon period archaeological site.
What it is
- A shell mound and ring settlement site.
- Dates from the middle to late Jomon period.
- Type site for the Soya-shiki pottery style.
- Designated a National Historic Site in 1979.
What to see
- Horseshoe-shaped shell mound, open to the north.
- Largest single horseshoe-shaped shell mound in Japan.
- Excavated pit dwellings.
- Site where 20 human remains were detected.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Soya Shell Mound Open in Google Maps
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