It is dedicated to the exhibition of Torihama shell mound as well as varve (annual layer pattern), oldest of which dating back to 70,000 years ago, discovered in the bottom of Lake Suigetsu, one of the Five Lakes of Mikata.

Artifacts excavated from Torihama shell mound and others from the Jōmon period are on display.

Other objects include a dugout canoe from the Yuri archeological site and its reconstruction, Jōmon pottery from various locations, dogū (clay dolls), and buried trees.

[1][2] Lake Suigetsu Varve Research and Exhibition Center (provisional name) is scheduled to open in September 2018.

Located near Lake Mikata, at the mouth of Hasu river.