Toro Iseki

Toro Iseki - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is an archaeological site in Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The site contains the ruins of a settlement which dates to the 1st century CE, in the late Yayoi period. Discovered in 1943, it was excavated from 1947 to 1948 and designated a Special Historic Site of Japan in 1952. Toro is also the name of the area surrounding it in the Japanese addressing system. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: 1st century CE
official website: www.shizuoka-toromuseum.jp/

Source: en.wikipedia.org