Nagawa City Ancient History Center
Museum/Experience program
This small museum was established in 1992 and is located alongside Daimon River in which the Jomon Period village sites that managed obsidian mines are concentrated. The archaeological collection of this museum includes Takayama Paleolithic Obsidian Workshop Sites and Onitan site of the Middle Jomon Period (c. 3,500?2,500 BC). The patterns of pottery vessels found from those sites indicate interactions with distant areas, such as Hokuriku (Japan Sea coastal area), Kanto, and Tohoku regions. While viewing first-hand a varied and diverse collection of real Jomon pottery, up to 80 visitors at a time can also join a “Jomon” pottery-making workshop.
- Address
- 1581,Daimon Chiisagata-gun Nagawa-machi Nagano
- Category
- Museum/Experience program
- Tel
- 0268-68-4339
- Fax
- 0268-68-4343
- Opening Hours
- 9：00～17：00
- Regular Holidays
- Mondays (the following day if Monday is a public holiday)
Year end and New Year holidays (December 29th to January 3rd)
- Price
- General (high school age and above) 200 yen
Elementary and junior high school students 100 yen
Jomon pottery-making workshop 1,000 yen
- Parking
- 20 vehicles(free)
- Access
- 50 minutes by car from Ueda Station on the JR Shinano Railway
60 minutes by car from Chino Station on the JR Chuo Line
40 minutes by car from the Saku IC on the Joshin-etsu Expressway
65 minutes by car from the Suwa IC on the Chuo Expressway