Global InformationWakasa Mikata Jomon Museum information
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  Location of Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum  Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum (Japan) | |
| Location | 122-121-1 Torihama, Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture |
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| Coordinates | 35°33′32″N 135°53′47″E / 35.55875°N 135.896333°E |
| Type | archeological museum |
| Public transit access | JR West Obama Line Mikata Station |
| Website | https://www.town.fukui-wakasa.lg.jp/jomon/index.html |
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum (若狭三方縄文博物館) is an archeological museum located in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the exhibition of Torihama shell mound as well as varve (annual layer pattern), oldest of which dating back to 70,000 years ago, discovered in the bottom of Lake Suigetsu, one of the Five Lakes of Mikata. The founding chairman is Takeshi Umehara.
