Ōtsukayama Burial Mound
大塚山古墳
Explore Iki Island's oldest kofun, a 5th-century burial mound with a unique red-pigmented stone chamber.
What it is
- A kofun, or ancient burial mound, in Iki City.
- Designated a Nagasaki Prefecture historic site.
- Estimated to have been built in the late 5th century.
- Oldest among 260 kofun on Iki Island.
What to see
- A round burial mound on a 74-meter-high mountain peak.
- Mound measures 14 meters in diameter, 2 meters in height.
- Pit-style horizontal stone burial chamber.
- Chamber opens to the southwest.
- Walls made of basalt slab stones.
- Red pigment applied to the chamber walls.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Ōtsukayama Burial Mound Open in Google Maps
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