Tsukuriyama-kofun

Western Honshū


The 5th-century Tsukuriyama-kofun is the fourth-biggest kofun tomb (keyhole-shaped burial mound) in Japan. It's thought to mark the final resting place of a local king who ruled the Kibi region when this area was a rival power to the Yamato court (which eventually came to rule the country).

This is one of the key sights on the Kibiji bicycle route.


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