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Last Saturday, Tottori Prefecture held a Yayoi look-alike contest, awarding a salesperson from Osaka whose face resembles one reconstructed from the DNA of a skull excavated at ruins from the Yayoi period. The Tottori Prefectural Government had received 215 submissions, and 10 finalists across the country were invited to the event on May 28.
The reconstructed Yayoi man left, the winner in the contest right.
Photo credit: Mainichi Shinbun
The reconstructed Yayoi man left, the winner in the contest right.
Photo credit: Mainichi Shinbun
Medical goods salesperson wins ancient Japan's Yayoi man look-alike contest - The Mainichi
TOTTORI -- A 35-year-old man from Osaka Prefecture won the grand prix in an ancient Yayoi man look-alike contest held in this western Japan city on Ma
Yayoi Period
The Yayoi period (弥生時代 Yayoi jidai) is a prehistoric period of Japan, usually dated from 300 BCE to ca 300 CE, during which wet-rice agriculture and the use of bronze and iron first appeared in Japan. Yayoi refers to certain characteristic...