Korekawa Site, Archaeological site in Hachinohe, Japan

The Korekawa Site covers three locations on a river terrace on the left bank of the Niida River, at an altitude of 10 to 30 meters: the Ichioji Site (Early to Middle Jōmon), the Hotta Site (Middle Jōmon) and the Nakai Site (Final Jōmon). Nakai, the best documented, is a low wetland where a midden yielded intact pottery, stone tools, lacquered plant-fibre objects and pit graves with red pigment on the bones.

Excavations began in the 1920s and revealed that people lived at this location from around 3000 to 1000 BC. This period saw communities adapting to life in the region before later social changes occurred.

The burial sites here show how people marked their dead with red pigment on bones, revealing their beliefs and respect for the deceased. These practices shaped the way the community understood life and death in their world.

The three component sites lie on a terrace on the left bank of the Niida River, about 10 minutes by car from the Hachinohe Interchange. Buses from Hon-Hachinohe Station stop at "Jōmon Gakushūkan-mae" and, on some runs, at "Korekawa Jōmonkan". The Jōmon Gakushūkan is closed for rebuilding, and an archaeological park is scheduled to open in 2030.

The National Treasure clay figurine is a seated man in a praying pose, one of 330 items from the site designated Important Cultural Properties in 2011. Most of the finds, including lacquered plant-fiber containers and a red-lacquered jar, are kept at the Korekawa Jōmon Kan museum beside the site.