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.

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
Description: kofun in Wakayama, Japan
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″ north

Longitude

135.92256° or 135° 55′ 21″ east

Open location code

8Q5QHWMF+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4252487213

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q11361369

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In Other Languages

“Shimosato Kofun” goes by many names.

Japanese: “下里古墳”

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