West Motomezuka Tumulus

Nishimotomezuka Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Miyakodori, neighborhood of Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2005.

Type: Tomb
Description: historical Japanese burial mound
Also known as: “Nishimotomezuka Kofun”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maya and Nishinada Station.

Maya

Railway station

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Maya Station is a passenger railway station located in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. Maya is situated 420 metres north of West Motomezuka Tumulus.

Nishinada Station

Railway stop

Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nishinada Station is a railway station on the Hanshin Main Line in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway. Nishinada Station is situated 180 metres northwest of West Motomezuka Tumulus.

Iwaya

Railway station

Photo: Mugu-shisai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Iwaya Station is a railway station of Hanshin Main Line, in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Nishi-Nada Station and Kasuganomichi Station. Iwaya is situated 740 metres west of West Motomezuka Tumulus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Higashinada-ku.

Chūō-ku

Suburb

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Chūō is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 28.46 km2, and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku and Ikuta-ku. Chūō-ku is situated 3½ km southwest of West Motomezuka Tumulus.

Higashinada-ku

Suburb

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Higashinada is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km2. and a population of 212,111. South of the Hanshin Main Line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage. Higashinada-ku is situated 4 km northeast of West Motomezuka Tumulus.