When it comes to promoting archaeological excavations, it isn't just the resulting artifacts that are being featured — institutions are increasingly highlighting the sites and the research process itself.
Some fly flags urging people to observe their research and others let local residents lend a hand and get their hands dirty. Experimentation is the watchword when it comes to building local interest in cultural properties.
Gifu Park, located at the foot of Mount Kinka, is a major tourist attraction. Underneath it lies the remains of a residence once used by warlord Nobunaga Oda, who moved to Mino in present-day southern Gifu Prefecture during the Sengoku Era in 1567. Excavations have been going on there since 1984.