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Kawarakezuka Kofun

Iwata, Japan

Kawarakezuka Kofun
Kawarakezuka Kofun. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Kawarakezuka Kofun is an middle Kofun period (early 5th century) enpun -style round kofun burial mound, located in the Nakaizumi-Kōnodai neighborhood of the city of Iwata, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a Shizuoka Prefecture Historic Site in 2002.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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