Yoshinogari Historical Park 吉野ヶ里歴史公園

Watchtowers and a double moat protect the largest Yayoi village in Japan.

Archaeological site of the late Yayoi period (up to the third century AD), the most extensive fortified settlement of the era discovered so far in Japan. Excavated since 1986, designated a Special Historic Site (特別史跡) on 28 May 1991; the park covers a planned area of 117 hectares, of which 105.6 have been developed (2021 figure).