Jomon potteries excavated from the Odake shell midden (Early Jomon). A buried skeleton in this site had a specific burial practice in which the body was placed in a flexed position with bent legs.

The Jomon Pottery Culture Period flourished from around ... Daikuhara likened the differences between the two regions to the situation modern Japan faced following the end of World War II.

The marine gastropod is believed to have been a part of the diet during the Jomon Pottery Culture Period (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.). Broth extracted from ibokisago is reportedly “Japan’s ...