Category:

Prefecturally Designated Historic Site

Title:

Hofun otsuka kofun

Square Otsuka Mounded Tomb
方墳大塚古墳

No. of features:

One tomb

Designated:

March 20, 1958

Location:

Miyamaecho, Nishi Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership

Description:

This kofun (ancient mounded tomb) is a 4-meter-tall, square burial mound with a base of 21 x 25 meters.

It is located 250 meters east of Nishi-Omiya Station (JR Kawagoe Line).

Associated Texts:

Cultural Properties in Omiya. Vol. 1, Omiya Municipal Board of Education, 1960.

Cultural Properties in Omiya., Omiya Municipal Board of Education, 1965.

Cultural Properties in Omiya 3., Omiya Municipal Board of Education, 1987.

This historic site is located on private property.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/005/001/002/p000195.html