Location Hakui History and Folklore Museum
Yoshisaki Suba Site Artifact:
Jade Gemstones
- Display status
- On display
- Period
- Yayoi Period
- Form/Type
- Archaeological material
- Location
- Hakui City
The gathering and movement of people is a basic element of human activity. Archeology reveals the range of activities of ancient people by investigating the origins of artifacts excavated from archeological sites. For example, the beautiful light green ore called jade, which was excavated at the Yoshisaki Suba Site, was produced in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, and was distributed as a material for jewelry such as magatama, comma shaped beads, and then traveled to Kyushu via the Sea of Japan.
The Yoshisaki Suba Site, which was a stopover for jade trade during the Yayoi period, welcomed the movement of many people and goods against the backdrop of Ochigata lagoon, a good natural port, and developed into one of the leading centers of Yayoi culture in the Hokuriku region. This is, and has always been, an extremely important perspective when considering the regional characteristics of Hakui, which is known as “Kuchinoto (the entrance to Noto)”.
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A local history museum that opened in 1983. They collect materials that convey the history and culture of Hakui City (archaeological materials, historical materials, folk implements, etc.), preserve them, conduct research on them and display them publicly. The folk implements exhibition room on the first floor explains the tools used in Hakui's past way of living. The history exhibition room on the second floor displays valuable excavated items mainly from the Yoshisaki-Suba Site, a Nationally Designated Historic Site, and the Jike Site, as well as historical materials such as ancient documents. They also hold ancient experience classes and events such as magatama (comma-shaped stone bead) making and fire starting experiences. Please feel free to stop by and experience the history of Hakui.
38-1 Tsurutada, Tsurutamachi, Hakui, 925-0027 Google Maps
TEL 0767-22-5998 E-mail post@city.hakui.lg.jp
