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Hirota Site

Minamitane, Japan

Hirota Site
Hirota Site. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Hirota Site is an archaeological site with the remains of a late Yayoi Period to late Kofun period cemetery, located in the town of Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and teb island of Tanegashima. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2008.

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

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