Ikegami-Sone Ruins' Big Well and the God house Just 20 minutes from downtown Osaka, you can get the answers, where the iron-age Japanese came from, what culture related to the ancient China and Korea; How they were living during the period of BC800 to AD300? Except getting those answers, you also can get a relaxing time in an open air village where reproduce the life of the ancients, Yayoi people; and there is an attached →museum let you understand what Yayoi means. *** The Shinodayama station, 信太山, is a JR station of Hanwa line, located in between the Kansai Airport and Tennoji station. After you exit the station, you should cross the railroad crossing. As soon as you crossed it, you will find a road paved with yellow sandstone, which lead you to the Ikegami-Sone Ruins and the Museum of Yayoi culture. The yellow road are sandwiched between unique black-walled old houses, which are made by baked cedar board, the carbonized board to protect the wood wall from corros