Muro Miya-yama Kofun

Gose, Japan

Muro Miyayama Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Muro neighborhood of the town of Gose, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1921, with the area under protection expanded in 2022 and again in 2024. The tumulus is also called the Muro-no-Ohaka. It is the largest tumulus in the Katsuragi region and the 18th largest in Japan, and is estimated to have been built in the early 5th century.

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