Sugiyama Kofun

Nara, Japan

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

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Located in Daianji, Nara, Japan, Sugiyama Kofun is a keyhole-shaped kofun (burial mound) constructed around 500 CE. As a zenpō-kōen-fun—a distinctive Japanese funerary architecture type featuring a rectangular front section and circular rear mound—it exemplifies the monumental tomb construction practices of the Kofun period, when such earthen mounds served as prestigious burial sites for the elite.