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Town in Kyushu, Japan
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Yoshinogari (吉野ヶ里町) is a town of 16,000 people (2017) in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
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吉野ケ里遺跡・歴史公園 Yoshinogariseki Rekishikōen
See this from the train going to Hakata from Nagasaki. Remains of a ringed-dugout settlement, dating back to the 3rd century BCE. The remains lie on the spacious hilly area over Kanzaki City and Yoshinogari-cho of Kanzaki-gun in the northeastern part of Saga. Remains of a ringed-dugout settlement presumably dating back to the 3rd century BCE were unearthed there, and excavation is still underway at the site. They are among the largest archaeological remains in Japan.
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Expressways: Nagasaki Expressway (Higashi-Sefuri Interchange)
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