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A Yayoi paddy village found during the war - the first time Japanese archaeology took a whole settlement as its object.
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Toro (登呂 遺跡, Toro iseki) is an archaeological site in Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The site contains the ruins of a settlement which dates to the 1st century CE, in the late Yayoi period. Discovered in 1943, it was excavated from 1947 to 1948 and designated a Special Historic Site of Japan in 1952. Toro is also the name of the area surrounding it in the Japanese addressing system.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened:1943 Highlights / collection:Remains of Yayoi rice paddies, Reconstructed raised-floor storehouse Genre:Antique art and Buddhist art, Architecture
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