The Advent of the Yayoi
The Jōmon people suffered calamities which caused many of them to abandon their western settlements and relocate to the northeast, leaving Kyushu and western Honshu relatively empty. Enter the Yayoi: ...
29 Jun 20207min
Meanwhile in China and Korea
From creating rice and millet agriculture to forging political dynasties, China and Korea went through many important changes during the Jōmon period as well.Support the show My latest novel, "Califia...
25 Jun 202012min
All About Pottery!
The Jōmon people were the best at what they did, and what they did was... pottery! The ceramics of ancient Japan are fascinating and they tell an interesting story of a people adapting to a changing w...
22 Jun 20208min
The Ainu and Ryukyuan Peoples
We shift our focus to the far north to the ancient Ainu people who lived on Hokkaido and Sakhalin, then to the far south to the ancient Ryukyuan people who live on Okinawan Islands.Support the show My...
18 Jun 202014min
The Pleistocene Era and the Jōmon Period
We begin 35,000 years ago with the earliest known humans who lived on Japan, the paleolithic hunter-gatherers, followed by the semi-sedentary Jōmon people. Little is known for certain about either gro...
15 Jun 202016min
