Tobinodai Historic Site Park Museum

What it is

• A history museum in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.
• Exhibits the Tobinodai Shell Mound.
• Opened in November 2000.
• Known locally as "Tobihaku."

What to see

• A reinforced concrete building with four floors.
• Exhibition rooms on the second and third floors.
• Diorama reconstructions in the park.
• A Jomon period settlement.
• "Furnace pits" discovered in 1938.

Getting there

• 8-minute walk from Shin-Funabashi Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.