Kasori Shell Mound

Kasori Shell Mounds
加曽利貝塚 (Japanese)
Kasori Shell Mounds
Kasori Shell Mounds Kasori Shell Mound (Japan)
35°37′24″N 140°09′53″E
Type	shell midden, settlement
Periods	Jōmon period
Location	Wakaba-ku, Chiba, Japan
Region	Kantō region
Site notes
Public access	Yes (park)
National Special Historic Site of Japan

The Kasori Shell Mounds (加曽利貝塚, Kasori kaizuka) is an archaeological site in the Sakuragi neighborhood of Wakaba ward of the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. It contains the largest known shell midden found in Japan, and was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1971. Its status was raised to that of a special National Historic Site in 2017.