Hamamatsu City Museum, Municipal museum in Shijimizuka, Japan
The Hamamatsu City Museum in Shijimizuka is a facility that displays prehistoric artifacts, including tools, ornaments, and a mounted skeleton of a Naumann elephant from ancient times. The museum combines indoor exhibitions with archaeological sites in the open grounds of Shijimizuka Park.
The museum stands adjacent to the Shijimizuka Remains, a national monument containing village traces from the early to late Jomon period. This archaeological site forms the historical foundation for the collections and reconstructions housed in the museum building.
The museum displays reconstructed dwellings from the Jomon period and a 19th century farmhouse that reflect traditional architecture of the Hamana Lake region. These structures offer a direct sense of how people lived across different eras.
A visit combines two experiences: indoor spaces with displayed objects and walkable archaeological areas in the open air. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes, since the location uses both indoor and outdoor settings, and the outdoor areas have different conditions depending on the season.
The skeleton of a Naumann elephant is one of the most striking exhibits, an ice age animal that once lived in this region. This rare find illustrates how different the landscape was thousands of years ago.
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