Jōmon period

freshwater lake in Japan

Japanese prehistorical period

calendar era that uses 10,000 BC as 1 HE

thumb|Dogū, Ebisuda site in Tajiri, Miyagi|Tajiri, [[Miyagi Prefecture, 1000–400 BC.]]

right|thumb| dating from Jōmon period to 8th century thumb|right|Magatama from Kofun period（[[Tokyo National Museum）]]

Japanese ancient pottery

a large, exceptionally old Cryptomeria tree

Jōmon period archaeological site and museum

object that was hafted to weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected

refers to the animistic religion of Jōmon period Japan which is the alleged basis of modern Shinto. The search for traces of Koshintō began with the "Restoration Shinto" in the Edo period, whose goal was to remove any foreign ideas and worldviews from Shinto (specifically referring to Buddhism). Some movements which claim to have discovered this primeval way of thought are Oomoto and Izumo-taishakyo.

archaeological site in Sotogahama, Japan

museum in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

thumb|right|Jōmon period#Late and Final Jōmon (2470–500 BC)|Late and Final Jōmon sekibō, here labelled "phallic stones" ([[The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)]] , sometimes translated as "stone rods", are a type of archaeological artefact from Jōmon Japan, with examples known also from the Yayoi period.

Japanese late Jōmon period archaeological site

Ancient shell midden in Chiba, Kantō, Japan

ultra-Plinian eruption in Kyushu, Japan, at around 6,500 BP