Iwajuku Museum

Nice place to know how the stone age of Japan was

Iwajuku is the place where an amateur archaeologist Mr. Aizawa found the stone tools in Japan for the first time. The museum exhibits many stone tools along with the history. This is one of the best p...

Original Text

When it comes to municipal museums in rural areas, you can see many small old museums, but the Midori City Iwajuku Museum was a magnificent museum comparable to the Prefectural Museum. The exhibitions about the Iwajuku ruins are the main, but those excavated in other regions during the Paleolithic period (Iwajuku period) were also exhibited. Also, at the end of 2022, materials exhibited at the closed Tadahiro Aizawa Memorial Hall were donated to Midori City and can be seen at the Iwajuku Museum. This Expo ...

Original Text

The treasures of the "Iwajuku era (Paleolithic period)" that I think can be more evaluated are on display. Even if it is said to be the "Iwajuku era", most people will say "What is that?", But in the so-called "Paleolithic period (called the era of stone tools)" defined in the so-called Japanese history textbook, The fact that "polished stone tools" were found and that a tremendous new history was born of "the existence of the Paleolithic period in Japan". And from the place name of the discovery area, the Iwajuku era ...

日本の旧石器時代

戦前の考古学学会では日本には、特に関東平野では旧石器時代はないのではないかと言う学説を変えた重要な発見である岩宿遺跡の発掘品である石器を展示している博物館です。興味が無いとスルーしてしまうかもしれませんが歴史に興味がある方は一見するべきです。この遺跡を発見した相沢忠洋氏の足跡も辿れます。建物も斬新さがあるが周囲の環境とマッチしていました。コロナ感染対策は十分なほどでした。

Iwagu Sance

Original Text

ＪＲ It is a museum that is a short walk from Iwajuku Station. There is a permanent area on the second floor. Photography is not good. There was a special exhibition on the first floor, and there was a tent made of deer skin 〇