Horinouchi Shell Mound
The Horinouchi Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Horinouchi neighborhood of the city of Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin.Photo: Tsuyoshi chiba, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum and Ichikawa Archeological Museum.
Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Fred Cherrygarden, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum is situated 130 metres east of Horinouchi Shell Mound.
Ichikawa Archeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Fred Cherrygarden, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Ichikawa first opened in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1972 as the Ichikawa City Museum. With the opening of the adjacent Municipal Museum of History in Ichikawa in 1982, the museum changed its name to that of today. Ichikawa Archeological Museum is situated 180 metres east of Horinouchi Shell Mound.
Kita-Kokubun
Railway stop
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kita-Kokubun Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by the third sector Hokusō Railway. Kita-Kokubun is situated 520 metres northeast of Horinouchi Shell Mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ōhashi and Nijusseikigaoka Nakamatsu-cho.
Nijusseikigaoka Nakamatsu-cho
Neighborhood
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nijusseikigaoka Nakamatsu-cho is a neighborhood.
Horinouchi Shell Mound
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Archaeological site in Ichikawa, Japan
- Categories: Shell midden, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ichikawa, Chiba, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.75959° or 35° 45′ 35″ northLongitude
139.91013° or 139° 54′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XQW56+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2835222854OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q11427200
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Horinouchi Shell Mound” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “堀之內貝塚”
- Japanese: “堀之内貝塚”
- Turkish: “Horinouchi Kabuk Höyüğü ve Yerleşimi”
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