Kannonzuka Kofun
八幡観音塚古墳
Explore a large, ancient keyhole-shaped tomb with a massive stone chamber and excavated artifacts.
What it is
- A keyhole-shaped tumulus, a National Historic Site.
- Built as a burial mound in ancient Japan.
- Contains a large horizontal stone chamber.
What to see
- The 105-meter long keyhole-shaped tumulus.
- Posterior circular part: 70 meters diameter, 12 meters high.
- Anterior square part: 105 meters wide, 14 meters high.
- Horizontal stone chamber is 15.8 meters long.
- Largest stone in chamber weighs about 50 tons.
- Excavated artifacts are Important Cultural Properties.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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