Mark Jomon Era Site On World Heritage List, This Restaurant Releases New Burger Menu

Let's Celebration Burger. (Source: Special via Kyodo News)

JAKARTA - The hamburger chain in Hakodate, Hokkaido Japan has launched a new menu item to celebrate the addition of a group of prehistoric Jomon Era sites in Hokkaido and northeastern Japan to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

'Lucky Pierrot' a restaurant chain famous for its themed burgers, serves up the 'Jomon Celebration Burger', a delicious sandwich made by the owner of the burger restaurant chain, Miku Oh. The ingredients include chestnut 'kuri', which is said to have been a staple among the people of the Jomon Era.

In addition to three sweet chestnuts, bacon, fried egg, with two types of cheese sandwiched between bread and seasoned with a special demiglace sauce.

Quoting Kyodo News August 24, Lucky Pierrot hopes his customers will 'enjoy the texture of the sweet chestnut while shaping the food culture of the Jomon period in their minds.

This burger is priced at 638 yen, or about 5.80 US dollars for dine-in, or 626 yen for takeaway. This menu, available in a total of 11 restaurants, including the main bay area outlet in Hakodate.

Historical site of the Jomon Era, Japan. (Wikimedia Commons/663highland)

For information, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially included a group of prehistoric sites of the Jomon Era in northern Japan, on the list of World Cultural Heritage sites.

This prehistoric site provides information and knowledge about the way of life of hunter-gatherer communities in the Jomon Era, as well as their spiritual culture and daily life.

The area consists of 17 ancient sites on the northern main island of Hokkaido and the northeastern prefectures of Aomori, Iwate and Akita, representing a rare way of life for prehistoric people in permanent residences before agricultural development, the World Heritage Committee said.

Not only that, these sites also reflect a complex spiritual culture, including rituals and ceremonies developed by the people of the Jomon Era. They continued this way of life without changing the agrarian culture for more than 10,000 years.

The archaeological site of the settled hunter-gatherer society is the oldest World Heritage site in Japan among the 25 listed sites in the Land of the Rising Sun, of which there are 20 cultural sites and five natural heritage sites.