Kawarazuka Kofun

Gyōda-shi, Japan

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

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Located in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, the Kawarazuka Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun (keyhole-shaped) burial mound constructed around 600 CE during Japan's Kofun period. Designated a National Historic Site in 1938, it was elevated to Special National Historic Site status in 2020 as part of the Sakitama Kofun Cluster, a significant grouping of tumuli in the Kantō region that preserves evidence of early Japanese funerary practices and elite society.