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Shingū ruins
34.7853° N, 137.3753° E
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The Shingū ruins (真宮遺跡, Shingū iseki) archaeological site containing a ruins of a village complex which was inhabited from the late Jōmon period through the Kamakura period, located in the Shingū neighborhood of the city of Okazaki, Aichi in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1976.
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Site discovered
1973
Excavations begin
1974
National Historic Site designation
1976
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