Reiwa 8, March 21 Mozu Kofun Group Special Public Opening: Nagatsuka Kofun

A burial mound southwest of Mozu Station on the JR Hanwa Line. It's right by the station. Around here, kofun are so densely packed that it's as if you should assume any small hill or mound you see is a kofun. This kofun is a keyhole-shaped tumulus built in the mid-to-late 5th century, with a mound divided into two tiers. Surveys have revealed a stone burial facility in the center of the round rear section. It once had a 14m-wide moat, and haniwa have been unearthed from both the mound and the moat. There are two stone monuments positioned right up against the fence surrounding the kofun. The one engraved "Historic Site Nagayama Kofun" shows the name used when it was provisionally designated a historic site. When it was officially designated in Showa 33 (1958), it was registered as "Nagatsuka Kofun." The other stone monument is a signpost engraved "Spirit of Emperor Nintoku," which was erected in Showa 6 (1931) near what is now Mozu Station on the JR Hanwa Line. This information was written on a notice board made from a laminated A4 printout, but it explained the history of the monuments well. Sakai City World Heritage Division, good job!

Located to the southeast along the tracks from Mozu Station on the Hanwa Line. Apparently there used to be a moat, but it disappeared due to the Hanwa Line and residential development. A keyhole-shaped tumulus with a mound length of about 106m, thought to have been built in the mid-to-late 5th century. Given the moat that once existed and the size of the tumulus, whether it's a satellite tomb of Daisen Kofun seems to be a gray area. Addendum: It's normally off-limits, but there was an event on March 27, Reiwa 4, where we could go onto the mound, so I've added photos of the view from the top of the round rear section.

So it actually was a kofun! I used to pass by glancing at it, thinking it was just an ordinary grove of trees! They put a lot of effort into Emperor Nintoku's Mausoleum Kofun alone, but I wish they'd do at least some upkeep on small kofun like this too! A new information board with details about the kofun has been installed! It looks like Daisen Park took quite a lot of damage from the typhoon! This was Sunday, September 9, 2018, and city staff were cleaning up trees broken by the typhoon! Thank you for your hard work!

A kofun registered as a World Cultural Heritage site A keyhole-shaped tumulus located between Emperor Nintoku's Mausoleum Kofun and Gobyoyama Kofun. The mound is 106.4m long, and the front section is 10.6m high. Ground-penetrating radar surveys have revealed that the burial facility is a vertical stone chamber (tateana-shiki sekishitsu). Cylindrical haniwa and figurative haniwa have been found in the mound and the moat. It was built in the late 5th century