After seven thousand years of existence, our Jomon pot then began a new life - as a 'mizusashi', or water jar, for that quintessentially Japanese ritual, the Tea Ceremony. I don't think that its ...

Archaeological sites in Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region dating to the prehistoric Jomon Period, which lasted more than 10,000 years, are expected to soon be added to UNESCO’s World ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee decided on July 27 it will register prehistoric Jomon Period archaeological sites in Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region to the World Cultural Heritage list.