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Where a self-taught pedlar found the stone tools that proved Japan had a Palaeolithic age.
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The Iwajuku site (岩宿遺跡, Iwajuku iseki) is an archaeological site located in what is now the Kasuke neighborhood of the city of Midori, Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan with finds from the Japanese Paleolithic period. It received protection as a National Historic Site in 1979.
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Founded / opened：1946 Highlights / collection：Site of Japan's first Paleolithic discovery, Obsidian stone tools Genre：Antique art and Buddhist art
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