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List of the Component Parts

The Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan consist of 17 archaeological sites: 6 in Hokkaido, 8 in Aomori Prefecture, 1 in Iwate Prefecture and 2 in Akita Prefecture. There is also one associated archaeological site in Hokkaido and another in Aomori.

Each component part of the property belongs to one of the six stages of sedentism, from its emergence to subsequent development to maturity, according to the structure and environment of the archaeological site.

NoNameSummaryStagePrefectureMunicipality
1Historic Site
Odai Yamamoto Site
An archaeological site attesting to the beginning of the Jomon periodⅠaAomoriSotogahama Town
2Historic Site
Kakinoshima Site
A settlement site attesting to the distinction between a residential area and burial areaⅠbHokkaidoHakodate City
3Historic Site
Kitakogane Site
A settlement site accompanied by large shell mounds facing Uchiura BayⅡaHokkaidoDate City
4Historic Site
Tagoyano Site
A settlement site accompanied by shell mounds facing Paleo-Lake JusankoⅡaAomoriTsugaru City
5Historic Site
Futatsumori Site
A settlement site attesting to environmental changes, as evident in the composition of saltwater shellfish and brackish shellfish in the shell moundsⅡaAomoriShichinohe Town
6Special Historic Site
Sannai Maruyama Site
A large hub settlement site comprising various facilitiesⅡbAomoriAomori City
7Historic Site
Ofune Site
A hub settlement site with outstandingly developed ritual spaceⅡbHokkaidoHakodate City
8Historic Site
Goshono Site
A hub settlement site centering on the burial area and ritual spaceⅡbIwateIchinohe Town
9Historic Site
Irie Site
A settlement site that supported a jointly managed ritual center and cemeteryⅢaHokkaidoToyako Town
10Historic Site
Komakino Stone Circle
A large stone circle characterized by a complex arrangement of stonesⅢaAomoriAomori City
11Historic Site
Isedotai Stone Circles
A ritual site where four stone circles are concentratedⅢaAkitaKitaakita City
12Special Historic Site
Oyu Stone Circles
Two regularly structured stone circlesⅢaAkitaKazuno City
13Historic Site
Kiusu Earthwork Burial Circles
A cemetery site surrounded by tall circular embankmentsⅢbHokkaidoChitose City
14Historic Site
Omori Katsuyama Stone Circle
A large stone circle created at the foot of Mt. IwakiⅢbAomoriHirosaki City
15Historic Site
Takasago Burial Site
A cemetery site facing Uchiura BayⅢbHokkaidoToyako Town
16Historic Site
Kamegaoka Burial Site
A cemetery site where artistic clay figurines and varied burial goods have been unearthedⅢbAomoriTsugaru City
17Historic Site
Korekawa Site
A settlement site accompanied by diverse facilities such as pit dwellings, pit graves, a watering place and dumping groundsⅢbAomoriHachinohe City
Associated Site 1Historic Site
Choshichiyachi Site
A settlement site accompanied by a shell mound dating from the Jomon transgressionⅠbAomoriHachinohe City
Associated Site 2Historic Site
Washinoki Stone Circle
One of the largest stone circles in HokkaidoⅢaHokkaidoMori Town
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