Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum is a place where you can have fun learning about the Palaeolithic Age.

As you enter via the underground entrance the first thing you see is the enormous ancient remains spreading out before you. The remnants of a bonfire created by humans and a forest from 20,000 years ago have been preserved and are open to the public. The bonfire remains are in a slightly elevated place, where hundreds of stone tools were found.

The Tomizawa remains were found at the time of a preliminary survey for the construction of an elementary school. It was a globally significant discovery, so it was decided to preserve and open it to the public in the state it was excavated, without removing it from the ground where it had lain for millennia. To achieve this method of exhibition special construction and preservation techniques have been used.

The museum comprises an indoor exhibition facility, which displays the remains of a forest and a bonfire as well as fossils, and also an outdoor facility known as the “Ice Age Forest,” which displays recreations of ice age plant life. Explanations by volunteer guides make a visit even more interesting. Enjoy your journey back in time to 20,000 years ago and the depths of the Palaeolithic Age!