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Tareyanagi Site
The is an archaeological site in the village of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It contains the remains of rice paddy field from the Yayoi period (approx. 300 BC to 300 AD). The remains were designated a National Historic Site in 2000 by the Japanese government. Overview The origins of wet rice cultivation in Japan are subject to debate; however, the general consensus is that it was introduced from the Yangtze River estuary in southern China via the Korean Peninsula by the Yayoi people, who were distinctively different from the earlier Jōmon people who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago. The agricultural Yayoi people gradually displaced the hunter-gather Jōmon people; however as the cold climate of northern Tōhoku was inclement to rice cultivation, the Jōmon people survived in the form of the Emishi tribes. The discovery of the remains of ten rice paddies during construction work for a bypass on Japan National Route 102 in 1981 up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inakadate, Aomori
is a village in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 7,766 in 2797 households, and a population density of 362 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Inakadate occupies the flatlands within Minamitsugaru District of south-central Aomori, east of the city of Hirosaki. Neighbouring municipalities Aomori Prefecture * Hirakawa * Kuroishi *Hirosaki * Minamitsugaru District ** Fujisaki Climate The village has a cold humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfb'') characterized by warm short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Inakadate is 10.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1294 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.9 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Inakadate has decreased steadily over the past 60 years. History Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
