Sannai-Maruyama Site

The oldest chapter on this list is a large Jomon village in Aomori, occupied from about 3900 to 2200 BCE, a span of roughly 1,700 years. Excavations that began in 1992 revealed how big the settlement really was, and more than 2,000 clay figurines came out of its mounds. A reconstructed pillar-supported structure and pit dwelling give the open fields a sense of scale, and the museum on site holds the finds. It is part of the Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan, added to the World Heritage list in 2021. Aomori city buses to the Sannai-Maruyama Iseki-mae stop take about 30 minutes from JR Aomori Station.