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Daisen Kofun

The Mozu Tombs are a group of kofun —megalithic tombs—in Sakai, , . Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, fewer than 50% of the key-hole, round, and rectangular tombs remain.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Burial mound in Sakai
  • Also known as: “Daisenryo Kofun”, “Daisenryō Kofun”, “Emperor Nintoku’s tomb”, “Mozu no Mimihara no Naka no Misasagi”, and “Tomb of Emperor Nintoku”
  • Address: 堺区, 堺市, 大阪府 590-0035

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Magodayūyama Kofun and Tatsusayama Kofun.

Archaeological site
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 390 metres southwest of Daisen Kofun.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 400 metres southwest of Daisen Kofun.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station in located in , , , operated by West Japan Railway Company. is situated 600 metres south of Daisen Kofun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sakai Ward and Kita-ku.

Suburb
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Sakai-ku is a ward of the city of Sakai in , Japan. The ward has an area of 23.69 km2 and a population of 147,413. The population density is 6,223 per square kilometer. is situated 2½ km northwest of Daisen Kofun.

Suburb
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is a ward of the city of Sakai in , . The ward has an area of 15.58 km2 and a population of 154,846. The population density is 9,945 per km2. is situated 3 km east of Daisen Kofun.

Suburb
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is a ward of the city of Sakai in , Japan. The ward has an area of 28.62 km2 and a population of 133,583. The population density is 4,667 per square kilometer. is situated 4 km southwest of Daisen Kofun.

Daisen Kofun

Latitude
34.56342° or 34° 33′ 48″ north
Longitude
135.48678° or 135° 29′ 12″ east
Inception
5th century
Height
36 metres (117 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QHF7P+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30908252
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q5849431
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Daisen Kofun” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kofun Daisenryō”
  • Chinese: “大仙陵古墳”
  • Finnish: “Daisenryō-kofun”
  • French: “Kofun Daisenryō”
  • Japanese: “Daisen Kofun”
  • Japanese: “だいせんこふん”
  • Japanese: “仁徳天皇陵”
  • Japanese: “仁徳陵古墳”
  • Japanese: “大仙古墳”
  • Japanese: “大仙陵古墳”
  • Japanese: “大山古墳”
  • Japanese: “百舌鳥耳原中陵”
  • Korean: “다이센릉 고분”
  • Polish: “Daisenryō-Kofun”
  • Portuguese: “Daisenryō-Kofun”
  • Spanish: “Daisenryō-Kofun”
  • “Daisen Kofun”
  • “Daisenryo Kofun”
  • “Daisenryō Kofun”
  • “Emperor Nintoku’s tomb”
  • “Mozu no Mimihara no Naka no Misasagi”
  • “Tomb of Emperor Nintoku”

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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 “Daisen Kofun”. Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.