Kurihara Ruins

The Kurihara Ruins, located in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, represent a significant archaeological site featuring a reconstruction of a pit-house from the early Nara period. Unearthed during the 1950s, the site yielded obsidian tools dating back to the Paleolithic era, alongside Jōmon pottery. This points to a long history of habitation from the Yayoi through Heian periods. The reconstructed pit-house, designed by Tokyo University's Gaijiro Fujishima, provides insight into domestic architecture of the early Nara period. The site's archaeological significance lies in its evidence of continuous human occupation and cultural transitions, marked by both ancient habitation structures and tools spanning multiple periods.