The settlement was naturally protected by the foothills of Mount Daisen, yet had close access to Miho Bay on the Sea of Japan, which is clearly visible from the site.

[4] Construction of a golf course and large-scale "Daisen Swiss Village" resort was planned on the site in the early 1990s by the Keihan Group, but after an examination of the area by the Boards of Education of Daisen and Yodoe, now Yonago City, between 1995 and 1998, a national-level conservation movement sought to protect the area from development.

[5] The Mukibanda site is likely part of ancient Kingdom of Izumo[6] The existence of ring trenches dating from the latter half of the Yayoi period indicate that the settlement was fortified at some point, roughly corresponding to the time of the Civil War of Wa mentioned in Chinese historical sources.

A total of 197 ironware items from the Yayoi period, such as hatchets, axes, chisels, drilling tools, hoe tips, sickles, and iron arrowheads, have been excavated, and some of them are of continental origin.

[7] The Mukibanda remains are closest to the JR West San'in Main Line Yonago Station (15 minute bus ride), but is also accessible from the JR West San'in Main and Inbi lines at Tottori Station (2 hour bus ride).