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Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum

Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum (若狭三方縄文博物館) is an archeological museum located in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the exhibition of Torihama shell mound as well as varve (annual layer pattern), oldest of which dating back to 70,000 years ago, discovered in the bottom of Lake Suigetsu, one of the Five Lakes of Mikata. The founding chairman is Takeshi Umehara.
Location:  122-121-1 Torihama, Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture
Type:  archeological museum  

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