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The Toro Site

The Toro site is a Yayoi-period site in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

It was discovered in 1943 during construction work for a factory in wartime.

War was still going on at that time, so a full-scale investigation could not be carried out.

The full-scale excavation began in 1947, after the war had ended.

Many students and researchers gathered and carried the investigation forward.

It became a big topic of conversation in postwar Japan.

Traces of paddy fields were found at the Toro site.

The paddies were divided into small plots by ridges (aze).

There were also water channels, and wooden stakes and boards held up the banks of the ridges and channels.

Beside the paddies there were the remains of about a dozen houses.

Two raised-floor storehouses were also found.

Paddies, houses and storehouses were all found together, so we can see the whole village well.

This village is thought to have been in use in the late Yayoi period, from about the first to the third century.

The Toro site is designated a Special Historic Site of Japan.

A special historic site is a historic site that is especially important.

Today visitors can see rebuilt paddies and buildings.

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