Sannai Maruyama Jomon Site
An excavated Jomon site, one of a World Heritage group, entered through its museum.
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Sannai Maruyama Jomon Site
SaveAn excavated Jomon site, one of a World Heritage group, entered through its museum.
A work room lets you watch broken pottery being pieced back together, and Jomon clothes are lent for photographs.
Note: part of the large pit dwelling is closed to entry and the North Mound is closed to the public
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A trip home to Aomori: Sannai Maruyama for a school research project, and cheap hands-on crafts
Four hours from opening with two primary-schoolers: mini clay figures in the craft room, no human bones on display.
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Hands-on craft room | Special Historic Site Sannai Maruyama
Mini clay figure 450 yen/50 min, magatama bead 450 yen/50 min, flat clay figure 700 yen/70 min; sign-up from 9:30.
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Hakodate with a child: a detour to Sannai Maruyama from Shin-Aomori station
August with a five-year-old: 30C, so hat and parasol. An hour covers the outdoor site only, not the indoor exhibits.
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Sannai Maruyama, Aomori: the highlights and a free guided tour
City bus from stop 6 at Aomori station: 310 yen, 30-40 min, one every 1-2 hours. Boots are lent on snowy days.
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Aomori with the kids, day 1: Sannai Maruyama and a look into the Jomon age
Winter with 7-year-old twins: snow hid the burial rows, so they played in it 20 minutes. Bus from Shin-Aomori, 15 min.
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- Fee：The permanent exhibition, which includes the site itself, is ¥500 for adults and ¥250 for university students; everyone of high school age and under goes free. Groups of twenty or more pay ¥400 and ¥200. Special exhibitions are charged separately each time, on top of this. Showing a same-day stub from a collection exhibition at the Aomori Museum of Art brings the adult price down to ¥400 and the university price to ¥200.■
- Hours：Open 9:00-17:00, with entry until 30 minutes before closing. During Golden Week and from 1 June to 30 September it stays open until 18:00. The closed day is the fourth Monday of each month — the next day when that Monday is a public holiday — plus 30 December to 1 January and days set aside for internal sorting work. Because the closed day is not a fixed weekday, check the month's calendar.■
- Time needed：120 min
- Booking：The regular volunteer guide tours need no booking in advance; you gather by the blue sign in the entrance hall or near the exit of the Jiyu Tunnel. Group tours for ten people or more must be requested by fax two weeks ahead.■Official booking site ↗
- Note: part of the large pit dwelling is closed to entry and the North Mound is closed to the public■
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- Official: Diaper changing table, Family restroom, English support
- Official: Stroller friendly, Stroller rental, Indoor / outdoor
- Official: Outside food allowed
- Official: main site
A Jomon-era site on the edge of Aomori, reached only through the Jomon Jiyukan building at the entrance. An eight-minute film on the excavation runs before you walk out onto the open ground. Inside, the Sanmaru exhibition room shows a large flat clay figure and a woven Jomon pouch. One wall about six meters high carries 5,120 pieces of broken pottery. In a working room, staff join and rebuild pots where visitors can watch. Jomon clothes are lent at the information desk for photographs.
| Stroller friendly | Yes | The paths around the site are lightly paved and the large dwelling has a ramp inside, and every exhibition room is step-free. One thing to know: in places the way up to a viewing point is by stairs. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
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| Stroller rental | Yes | Lent at the main information desk in the Jomon Jiyukan on the spot, just ask. Numbers are small and the official pages give two different figures, so it is worth having your own if the day matters. Wheelchairs, including a powered one, are lent from the same desk. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| Diaper changing table | Yes | In the multi-purpose toilets — three in the Jomon Jiyukan and one out on the site. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| Family restroom | Yes (4) | Four multi-purpose toilets, for wheelchair users and for nappy changes: three in the Jomon Jiyukan and one out on the site. There are also accessible toilets at the Jomon Jiyukan and at the car park. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | The Jomon Jiyukan with the exhibition rooms, the theatre and the restaurant is indoors; the site itself, which you walk out to from the building, is open ground. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| Outside food allowed | Yes | You can eat what you bring, but only in certain places: out on the site, only the picnic ground; inside the Jomon Jiyukan, only the restaurant and the rest corner. The whole grounds are non-smoking. Drinking water to stay well in the heat is allowed anywhere except the exhibition rooms and the shops — but not while walking. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| English support | English menu & signs | Leaflets in English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean and Thai. A translation device can be used inside the Jomon Theatre, in English, Chinese and Korean. The website also has English, Chinese and Korean versions. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| Best-fit ages (guide)Extra info — guide only | Yes | Everyone of high school age and under goes in free. There is a workshop for hands-on making, and Jomon clothes are lent free at the information desk for photographs. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | Parking is free, about 500 spaces, with coach bays. Coin lockers cost ¥100 and give it back; bags too big for them are held at the information desk, but not valuables. Pets cannot come in — assistance dogs can — and cannot be left at the door. Photographs for personal use are fine, though some things may not be photographed or flashed, and tripods and monopods are discouraged inside. There is no cash machine. The Aomori Museum of Art is about ten minutes' walk away. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp |
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