Humans have been around for a long time.  In Japan specifically, humans have been traced all the way back to prehistoric times.
Wow, that's interesting! About how long have humans been around?
Well as far as Japan goes, the first written account of the Japanese goes, there is a "Book of Han" which dates back to the 1st Century.
What is the "Book of Han" about?
It refers to the Han Dynasty or the Han Empire.  That was the 2nd Imperial Dynasty of China.
What was the first Imperial Dynasty of China?
I'm not sure but you could check in the "Records of the grand Historian" Which notes an early Dynasty around 2070 BC
How interesting! I will definitely check that out. What else do you know about Japanese history?
age of classical Japanese culture. Japanese religious life from this time and onwards was a mix of native Shinto practices and Buddhism.
Over the following centuries, the power of the Emperor and the imperial court gradually declined, passing first to great clans of civilian aristocrats – most notably the Fujiwara – and then to the military clans and their armies of samurai. The Minamoto clan under Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged victorious from the Genpei War of 1180–85, defeating their rival military clan, the Taira. After seizing power, Yoritomo set up
this type of research only requires access to private or institutional shell collections. There is some debate in the conchological community, with some people regarding all shell collectors (regardless of motivation) as conchologists.
History.
Molluscs have probably been used by primates as a food source long before humans evolved. Shell collecting, the precursor of conchology, probably goes back as far as there have been humans living near beaches.
Stone Age seashell necklaces have been found, sometimes in areas far from the ocean, indicating that they