While many of the kofuns scattered throughout the Japanese archipelago have deteriorated over the years, a plateau in the Miyazaki Plain uniquely offers a landscape in which the original appearance and shape of kofuns has remained largely unchanged, with very few surrounding buildings. Let's look at the world of these kofun landscapes.
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Special Historic SiteSaitobaru Burial Mounds -

Mesahozuka Burial Mound -

Osahozuka Burial Mound -

Special Historic SiteNo.206 mound (Oninoiwaya Tumulus) of Saitobaru Burial Mounds -

Mt. Takatori -

Path to Burial Mounds (KIKINOMICHI) -

Unearthed objects from the Saitobaru Burial Mounds -

Nationally Important Cultural PropertyA house-shaped haniwa mounted with miniature houses, and a boat-shaped haniwa from the Saitobaru Burial Mounds -

National treasureGold-copper horse trappings from the Saitobaru Burial Mounds at Koyu County, Hyuga Province -

Saito Burial Mound Festival -

Nationally DesignatedNyutabaru Burial Mounds -

Haniwa from the No.58 mound (Mukadezuka Burial Mound) of Nyutabaru Burial Mounds -

Nationally DesignatedIkime Burial Mounds -

Unearthed Objects from the Ikime Burial Mounds -

Hasugaike Cave Tomb Cluster -

A number of unearthed objects from the No. 5 grave (with an underground corridor-style chamber and horizontal lateral entrance) at Shimokitakata, Miyazaki Pref. -

Mochida burial mounds -

Artifacts excavated from the Mochida burial mounds -

A sarcophagus excavated from the No. 15 Ishifunezuka mound, among the Mochida burial mounds -

Takanabe Daishi