Mahorashiroyama Yamatogawa River Sakai-Higashi Sakaishi Sakai Exit [Exhibition facility] 南海本線 Shukuin 170 WORLD HERITAGE SITE What is kofun? Terajicho Sakai City Hall What is the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group? Observatory Lobby Osaka Chuo Loop Line 170 Nintoku-tenno-ryo Kofun Sakai-Yamatotakada Line Fujiidera Public Library Kofun is a collective term for the ancient tombs with earthen mounds that 湊 御陵前 [Exhibition facility] The World Heritage property “Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group” is a tomb Ryonannomori Synthesis Pyramid of Cheops Fujiidera Center 12 Fujiidera City Hall were actively constructed in the Japanese archipelago from the middle of 26 I.C. Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group group of the king’s clan that ruled the ancient Japanese archipelago. Mausoleum of [Exhibition facility] the 3rd century to the late 6th century CE. In those days, members of the Hajinosato The tombs were constructed between the late 4th century and the late the First Qin Emperor 30 Takawashi Fujiidera high-ranking elite were buried in kofun. Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan 5th century, which was the peak of the Kofun period. They are located Mikunigaoka in the southern part of the Osaka Plain which was one of the important Domyoji A burial mound was constructed by heaping up the soil that was dug 197 AICEL Shura Hall political cultural centers and a maritime gateway to the Asian continent. from the ground around the mound site. The sloping sides of the mound [Exhibition facility] were covered with stones, and the excavated area formed a moat, Mozuhachiman The kofun group includes many tombs in the shape of a keyhole, descending to a level lower than any other part of the tomb. Sakai City Museum 310 a feature unique in the world, with the largest measuring as long as 500 Nintoku-tenno-ryo Kofun Pyramid of Cheops Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Viewing spot for Mozu Richu-tenno-ryo Kofun meters in mound length. They form a group, along with smaller tombs Length 486m 230m 350m Kofun show a variety of shapes: keyhole-shaped mounds; scallop that are differentiated by their various sizes and shapes. In contrast to Sakai-Habikino Line Height 35.8m 146m 76m shell-shaped mounds; round domed mounds; and square mounds. Their Habikino City Hall the type of burial mound commonly found in many parts of the world, 3 3 3 size also varies, ranging from small tombs of around 10 meters to huge 31 volume 1.4 million m 2.6 million m 3 million m 34 which is an earth or piled-stone mound forming a simple covering over tombs of more than 400 meters. Osaka Cultural Properties a coffin or a burial chamber, kofun are architectural achievements with Exhibition Room The period in which most of these mounded tombs were constructed is Furuichi geometrically elaborate designs created as a stage for funerary rituals, Minezuka Park decorated with haniwa clay figures. Mozu Furuichi called the Kofun period, and it was at this time that the earliest form of Uenoshiba Administration Building political centralization—the Yamato Kingly Power—started to form in the Japanese archipelago. Mozu area石津川 Furuichi area Osaka Monorail Hotarugaike Senri-Chuo For Kyoto Osaka Airport JR Kyoto Line For Shin-Kobe Shin-Osaka Shinkansen Shinkansen Access to Ojin-tenno-ryo Kofun (★)(☆) Hankyu Kyoto Line ◆From Shin-Osaka Station (Shinkansen) Hankyu Takarazuka Line Umeda Take the JR Line or the Subway Midosuji Line from Shin-Osaka (Shinkansen) Station to Tennoji Station. Osaka From Tennoji (Osaka Abenobashi Station), take the Access to Nintoku-tenno-ryo Kofun (★) Kintetsu Railway Minami Osaka Line to Hajinosato Station ◆From Shin-Osaka Station (Shinkansen) (about 55 min) or Furuichi Station (about 60 min). From Shin-Osaka (Shinkansen) Station, take the Ojin-tenno-ryo Kofun is about 900 meters southwest of JR Line to Osaka Station (one stop), then a Hajinosato Station (★), and about 700 meters northwest Kansai Airport Rapid Service train to Mikunigaoka Osaka Metro of Furuichi Station (☆). Station, and change to a local train on the JR Midosuji Line Hanwa Line to Mozu Station (about 50 min). ◆From Kansai International Airport Take a Kansai Airport Rapid Service train from Kansai Nintoku-tenno-ryo Kofun is 500 meters west of JR Osaka Loop Line Mozu Station. Airport Station to Tennoji Station. From Tennoji (Osaka Abenobashi Station), take the Kintetsu Railway Minami ◆From Kansai International Airport Osaka Line to Hajinosato Station or Furuichi Station. Take a Kansai Airport Rapid Service train from Namba Namba Kansai Airport Station, change to a local train at ◆By car Otori Station, and get off at Mozu Station (about About a 5-minute drive to the south from “Fujiidera Exit” on 45 min). the Nishi-meihan Expressway. *Please use public transport to visit the Furuichi area. There Tennouji ◆By car is no parking at the worship place of Ojin-tenno-ryo Kofun. Shin-Imamiya About a 10-minute drive to the southeast from “Sakai Exit” on the Hanshin Expressway Route 15 Osaka- Sakai line. Abenobashi *Please use public transport to visit the Mozu area. The number of parking spaces are limited. Tengatyaya No.33-1 Ojin-tenno-ryo Kofun Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line Hajinosato Kansai International Airport Domyouji Mikunigaoka Mozu area Furuichi area Izumisano Mozu Nankai Nankai Line Nankai Koya Line Furuichi Hineno Otori For Wakayama JR Hanwa Line For Kawachinagano Access All visitors to kofun are kindly requested to keep in mind the following visitation manners: - Take all rubbish home with you. - Please note that while all kofun can be viewed from the outside, entry is primarily not allowed. - Follow traffic rules when touring kofun sites. - Refrain from taking any animals to the worship places* (excluding guide dogs or service dogs). No.26 Nakatsuhime-no-mikoto-ryo Kofun Furuichi area - Keep good manners when touring kofun sites to avoid disturbing local residents and - Smoking is prohibited at the worship places. Mozu area No.21 Nisanzai Kofun other visitors. *Most large kofun, which generally include tenno-ryo Kofun in their name, have a place for worship in front of them. Furuichi area Mozu area Editing/Publication: Conference Headquarters for the Promotion of Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun for World Cultural Heritage Inscription —Sakai City— —Habikino City and Fujiidera City— (Osaka Prefecture, Sakai City, Habikino City and Fujiidera City) Address: Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building 37F, 1-14-16 Nanko-kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-8555 Japan The Mozu tombs are distributed in an area of a two-kilometer radius in Sakai City, with 23 The Furuichi tombs are distributed in an area with a radius of two kilometers, stretching over the TEL: +81-6-6210-9742 FAX: +81-6-6210-9316 E-mail: [email protected] URL http://www.mozu-furuichi.jp/en/ kofun in 21 sites as components of the World Heritage property. They include giant cities of Habikino and Fujiidera. The World Heritage components are 26 kofun in 24 sites, Published on 26 July 2019 keyhole-shaped tombs such as the largest burial mound in Japan Nintoku-tenno-ryo Kofun, including the gigantic keyhole-shaped Ojin-tenno-ryo Kofun (second largest in Japan), with a which is also one of the largest in the world, and the third largest Richu-tenno-ryo Kofun. mound length of over 400 meters. Front photograph: Mozu area.