Iwase Senzuka Kofun Group

Wakayama, Japan

Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster (Iwase-Senzuka kofun gun) is a cluster of Kofun period burial mounds that is located in the Wakayama, in the Kansai region of Japan. One of the largest concentrations of burial mounds in Japan, it consist of over 900 tumuli. It is designated as a National Historic Site in 1931, upgraded to a Special National Historic Site in 1952, and the area under designation expanded in 2016.

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