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Samita Takarazuka Kofun

Kawai, Japan

Samida Takarazuka Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Samida neighborhood of the town of Kawai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1969. The tumulus is also called the Ongonzuka, or "golden mound". It is one of the tumuli that make up the central group of the Umami Tomb Cluster.

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