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Hibakoiwa Caves

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Hibakoiwa Caves
Hibakoiwa Caves. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Hibakoiwa Caves (Hibakoiwa dōkutsu) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a Jōmon period cave dwelling located in what is now part of the town of Takahata, Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1983.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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