日本文明遠古到今日

機械で茶摘みの「技」競う 鹿児島・知覧
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鹿児島県南九州市知覧町の茶畑で、機械による茶摘み競技が開かれた。生産者１０チームが参加し、品質や時間を競った。 【記事はこちら】

Exhibition showcases ancient Japanese archaeological discoveries

 An archaeological exhibition, touring Japan and now making a stop in Tokyo, is offering a breathtaking glimpse into the lifestyles and thoughts of people who inhabited the Japanese archipelago from prehistoric through medieval times.

BY KAZUAKI OWAKI STAFF WRITER

These "haniwa" clay figurines and sculptures, on exhibit at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, were excavated by the Imperial Household Agency. The figurine shaped like a human head, foreground, is from the Daisen burial mound in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. (Kazuaki Owaki)

These four stone clubs were unearthed exactly as photographed here. They are on exhibit at the Edo-Tokyo Museum and are from the Midorikawa Higashi archaeological site in Kunitachi, western Tokyo. (Kazuaki Owaki)

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