Large pillar from Yayoi era at Karako-Kagi site shown for 1st time

NARA, Japan - A woman on Oct. 24, 2014, points at a reconstructed model of a building from the Yayoi period (about 300 BC - AD 300) to show part of a large pillar excavated at the Karako-Kagi site in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture in western Japan. The first public exhibition of the pillar, one of the largest found from that era, began on Oct. 25.

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