Toro Ruins
登呂遺跡
Japan's first fully excavated Yayoi-period paddy settlement, with reconstructed pit dwellings, raised-floor granaries, and ancient rice paddies.
The Toro Ruins are an agricultural settlement from the Yayoi period, about 2,000 years ago. Excavated for the first time after the war in 1947 by a multidisciplinary team including archaeologists and anthropologists, the site was the first to confirm large-scale Yayoi rice paddy remains, and it was designated a Special National Historic Site. The park has reconstructed pit dwellings, raised-floor granaries, a ritual hall, and rice paddies, which visitors can enter for free. The adjacent Toro Museum displays excavated artifacts, and the second floor offers hands-on experiences such as dressing in Yayoi costume and making fire (about 300 yen). The Serizawa Keisuke Museum of Art is also nearby. It is about a 15-minute bus ride from Shizuoka Station.
Opening hours
Ruins open all day; museum 09:00–16:30 (closed Mondays)
Nearby sights
- Aoba Oden Street
- Sunpu Castle Park
- Nihondaira Zoo
- Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
- Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
- Kunōzan Tōshō-gū
- Nihondaira Yume Terrace
- Mariko-juku Chōjiya