Nishinorikura Kofun

Tenri, Japan

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Nishinorikura Kofun is a keyhole-shaped burial mound (zenpō-kōen-fun) located in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan, dating to around 500 CE. This type of kofun—characterized by its distinctive front square section and rear circular mound—represents a major funerary monument form of the Kofun period in ancient Japan.