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  • Tsukuriyama Burial Mound
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Shinjoshimo
    The keyhole-shaped burial mound boasts being the fourth largest in scale nationally. It is estimated that it was built in the first half of the 5th century, with a total length of 350 meters. A large amount of ironware such as mirrors and bells have been excavated, but the entombed person is still a mystery.
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  • Komorizuka Burial Mound
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    Okayama Pref. Soujashi Kambayashi
    Koumorizuka Burial Mound is a National Historic Site located in Kanbayashi in the city of Soja. This large keyhole-shaped mound, 100 meters long, is believed to be the tomb of a ruler in the ancient province of Kibi. At the rounded back end of the tomb is a burial chamber 19.4 meters long, made of huge stones and accessed by a passageway. It is the 4th largest such burial chamber in Japan, and archeologists have found large numbers of clay and metal artifacts in it.
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  • Okayama Tsukuriyama Ancienct Burial Mound Visitor Center
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Shinjo Shimo 789
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  • Yata-Otsuka Burial Mound
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Yata
    A 12-minute drive from the Tamashima Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. This stone burial mound is one of the three largest in the prefecture with a 54-meter diameter and is believed to have been built during the latter half of the 6th century. The tomb features an internal stone chamber made of precisely joined giant stones with a passageway stretching from the entrance to the inner chamber. The overall span of the stone burial chamber is 19.1 meters with the inner chamber measuring 8.4 meters long by 3 meters wide and 3.8 meters tall. In 1901 investigation led to a large number of discoveries including Sue-ware pottery, Haji-ware unglazed pottery, swords, horse tack, gold rings, and Magatama jewelry. Most of the discoveries are preserved in the Tokyo National Museum.
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  • Tatetsuki Site
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Yabe
    A 15-minute drive from the Okayama-Soja Interchange on the Okayama Expressway. This Yayoi period tomb is embedded on the northern side of the Oubosan Burial Mound, one of the largest grave mounds in Japan. Built in the late Yayoi period this round burial mound is nearly 50-meters in diameter and five-meters tall. Five megaliths are set atop the burial mound and a pebble ring surrounds the slope. Inside a cinnabar covered casket and traces of a wooden exterior casket were discovered. Also discovered were swords and a large number of glass beads and earthenware magatama jewels leading to the belief that the grave was for a local leader who ruled over the Kibi region.
  • Kuromiya Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Osaki
  • Tennoji Temple Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Tamashimayashima
  • Momoiyama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Soja-shi Miwa
  • Tenjin Yashiro Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Shoda
  • Hana Hikari Terayama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Bizen Shinjo
  • Nimaotsuka Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Shimonima
  • Sano Yama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Soja-shi Ijirino
  • Tenbo Dai Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Soja-shi Miwa
  • Koyama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Akaiwa-shi Hosaki
  • Amako Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Soja-shi Izumi
  • Musa Otsuka Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Musa
  • Keiterayamakofun
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Fujitochou Fujito
  • Aminohama Chausuyama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Akasakaminamishinmachi
  • Sumotoriyama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Soja-shi Okadani
  • Kanagurayama Ancienct Burial Mound
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Sawada
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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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