Dannozuka Kofun

What it is

• A kofun in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture.
• Designated by the Imperial Household Agency as Emperor Jomei's mausoleum.
• It is a kofun from the final period of the Kofun era.
• The first octagonal kofun used as an imperial mausoleum.

What to see

• The kofun has an octagonal shape.
• The mound is an upper octagonal, lower square shape.
• The lower square platform has three tiers.
• The octagonal part has two tiers.
• The lower tier of the octagonal part is covered with stone slabs.
• Villagers reported two stone coffins inside the stone chamber.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.