Hōtōzan Kofun
宝塔山古墳
Explore a unique 7th-century square burial mound with a rare house-shaped sarcophagus.
What it is
- A square-shaped kofun, an ancient burial mound.
- Part of the larger Sōja Kofun group.
- Designated a National Historic Site.
- Dates to the mid-7th century.
What to see
- A mound 66 meters on each side, 12 meters high.
- Three distinct construction stages of the mound.
- A wide moat, 18 meters across, surrounding the mound.
- A double-chambered horizontal stone burial chamber.
- A rare house-shaped sarcophagus inside the chamber.
- The Akimoto clan cemetery on top of the mound.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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