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Toro Site

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Japanese name: 登呂遺跡

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Toro Site
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WHAT TO DOToro Site

A Yayoi paddy village found during the war - the first time Japanese archaeology took a whole settlement as its object.

WHEREShizuoka

Central · Shizuoka

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A Yayoi paddy village found during the war - the first time Japanese archaeology took a whole settlement as its object.

About this place

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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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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