Shimosato Kofun
The Shimosato Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound located between the Shimosato neighborhood of the town of Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shimosato Station and Taiji.
Shimosato Station
Railway station
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Shimosato Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Shimosato Station is situated 250 metres south of Shimosato Kofun.
Taiji
Railway station
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Taiji Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of Taiji, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Taiji is situated 1 km northeast of Shimosato Kofun.
Yukawa
Railway station
Photo: Kouchiumi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yukawa Station is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Yukawa is situated 3 km north of Shimosato Kofun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taiji.
Taiji
Town
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Taiji is a town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2960 in 1567 households and a population density of 510 persons per km2.
Shimosato Kofun
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: kofun, zenpō-kōen-fun, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro district, Wakayama, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.58466° or 33° 35′ 5″ northLongitude
135.92256° or 135° 55′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8Q5QHWMF+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4252487213OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q11361369
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In Other Languages
“Shimosato Kofun” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “下里古墳”
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Highlights include 町立下里中学校 and Shimosato Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shimosato Kofun”. Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.