入江貝塚 / Irie Shell Mounds

入江貝塚（位於洞爺湖町）是可以了解到5000～3000年前人們在這裡生活的遺跡。這裡出土了當時的人們所食用的貝類貝殼、蝦夷鹿等哺乳類的骨頭、海豚等海洋生物的骨頭。展示著包含這些骨頭貝殼的地層。就在附近也有另一個高砂貝塚。需要付費參觀的高砂貝塚館展示著重要的出土文物。

Irie Shell Mounds (Toyako Town) form a historic site at which one can learn how people living in the area 3000 to 5000 years ago went about their daily lives. Shells discarded by people of that age, bones of mammals on land such as Ezo shika deer, and bones of sea creatures such as dolphins have been found there. At the entrance, there is a very big, transparent show case showing the old earth layers. Also a different shell mound site, Takasago Shell Mounds, isn't far from here. Moreover, there is a paid museum 'Irie Takasago Shell Mounds Museum' which houses important items discovered in the area.