KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Denizens of the Asuka Period (592-710) feasted on pork and may have done so routinely, archaeologists deduced from parasite eggs excavated from a toilet structure found ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Whoever was laid to rest in an ancient burial mound that is renowned for its “Asuka beauties” murals was placed in an elegant cedar coffin coated in black lacquer ...

KASHIHARA, Nara -- A wooden tablet unearthed in 2001 ... of centralized legal and administrative frameworks. The late Asuka period (around 592-710) tablet found in the ruins of the ancient ...

9, 2024, shows the site where Fujiwara Palace stood in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture ... from the period between the late 6th century and early 8th century. The "Ancient Capitals of Asuka and ...

The Japanese government has recommended ancient capitals located in current-day Nara Prefecture as candidates for ... including ruins of imperial palaces and burial mounds, from the period between the ...