The word 'solstice'means sun standing still. It is an astronomical phenomena. It will happen 2 times an year.
"The Jomon made stone and bone tools, and pottery beginning at a few sites as early as 15,500 BP. The word Jomon means 'cord pattern', and it refers to the cord-marked impressions seen on Jomon pottery."
http://archaeology.about.com/od/jterms/qt/jomon.htm
"There are also scholars who think the chosen locations of the stone circles for sightings of the heavenly stars showed the Jomon people’s sense of awe of celestial phenomena, the worship of celestial beings, or a world view, or perhaps was evidence of a nature worship such as of sacred mountains. Others think the sites were burial marker sites or cemeteries since burial pits or graves have been excavated under some of the stone circles or near them.It is likely that the Jomon stone circles were used for various purposes at the different locations by different Jomon tribes. "
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