Jūzen-no-mori Kofun

Wakasa, Japan

Jūzen-no-Mori Kofun is a Kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound, located in the Tentokuji neighborhood of the town of Wakasa, Fukui in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a Fukui Prefecture Historic Site in 1978 and artifacts excavated from the site have been collectively designated as Fukui Prefecture Tangible Cultural Property the same year. It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Kamikochu Kofun cluster (part of the Tentokuji Kofun Group), which are the tombs of the kings of Wakasa in the Kitagawa River Basin.

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