Hachiman-yama Kofun
八幡山古墳 (埼玉県)
Explore a large 7th-century burial mound with an exposed stone chamber.
What it is
- A circular burial mound in Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture.
- Part of the Wakakodama Kofun group.
- Designated as a Saitama Prefecture historic site.
- Constructed around the mid-7th century.
What to see
- A tumulus 80 meters in diameter and 9.5 meters high.
- An exposed horizontal stone burial chamber.
- Stone chamber is 16.7 meters long.
- Chamber has an antechamber, front, middle, and back sections.
- Inner chamber height is 3.1 meters.
- Fragments of a dry lacquer coffin were excavated.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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