By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
September 23, 2020 at 07:00 JST
The spinning top was found in a ditch running across the center of an excavation area, along with “igushi” sacred spikes and peach seeds. (Provided by the Otsu city education board)
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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