By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
September 23, 2020 at 07:00 JST
The wooden shell-shaped spinning top, thought to be the oldest in Japan, is 4.4 centimeters in diameter and 6 cm high. (Jiro Tsutsui)
OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--What is likely to be Japan’s oldest spinning top was unearthed near a site where immigrants from the Korean Peninsula once lived, suggesting that tops were used for rituals introduced from the continent. [Read More]
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