Kasori Shell Mound
The Kasori Shell Mounds is an archaeological site in the Sakuragi neighborhood of Wakaba ward of the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Ancient shell midden in Chiba, Kantō, Japan
- Also known as: “Kasori kaizuka” and “Kasori Midden”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kasori Shell Mounds Museum and Oguradai Station.
Oguradai Station
Monorail station
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oguradai Station is a monorail station on the Chiba Urban Monorail in Wakaba-ku in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located 10.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Chiba Station. Oguradai Station is situated 770 metres northeast of Kasori Shell Mound.
Sakuragi
Monorail station
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sakuragi Station is a monorail station on the Chiba Urban Monorail in Wakaba-ku in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located 9.0 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Chiba Station. Sakuragi is situated 1 km northwest of Kasori Shell Mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Fujimi 1-chome.
Chūō-ku
Suburb
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chūō Ward is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and is the seat of the city government, and the location of the prefectural government offices for Chiba Prefecture. Chūō-ku is situated 4 km southwest of Kasori Shell Mound.
Fujimi 1-chome
Neighborhood
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Fujimi 1-chome is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km west of Kasori Shell Mound.
Inage-ku
Suburb
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inage Ward is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 156,860 and a population density of 7,380 persons per km2. The total area was 21.25 square kilometres. Inage-ku is situated 5 km west of Kasori Shell Mound.
Kasori Shell Mound
- Categories: midden, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wakaba-ku, Chiba, Chiba, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.62346° or 35° 37′ 25″ northLongitude
140.16499° or 140° 9′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8R72J5F7+9XOpenStreetMap ID
way 324006938OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q11398640
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Kasori Shell Mound” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “加曾利貝塚”
- German: “Kasori-Muschelhaufen”
- Japanese: “加曽利貝塚”
- Japanese: “加曾利貝塚”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 加曽利貝塚縄文遺跡公園 and 同好庵.
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