Hamamatsu Information Book

The Okanohira site is a multicomponent archaeological site with occupations from the late Jomon period to the Nara period. The site showed remarkable historical evidences of the agriculture along the Miyakoda River. 

 

Yayoi pottery, wooden farming tools, construction materials were found from the moat of remains of the late Yayoi period village in the site. The ruins are thought to have strong connection with dotaku, bronze bells from the Yayoi period, considering it is located at the entrance of the valley where the articles were recovered. It is called Dotaku no Tani (Valley of Dotaku). It is also notable that rites were held at same place in the village throughout the Jomon period to the Nara period.