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