Gosashi tomb
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heijō Station and Akishino Temple.
Heijō Station
Railway station
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Heijō Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway. Heijō Station is situated 500 metres south of Gosashi tomb.
Akishino Temple
Buddhist temple
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Akishino-dera is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Kamakura-period Hondō is a National Treasure. Akishino Temple is situated 1 km west of Gosashi tomb.
Saki Ishizukayama Kofun
Archaeological site
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Saki Ishizukayama Kofun is an archaeological site, which is situated 700 metres south of Gosashi tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seika and Nishikizu District and Seika-cho.
Seika and Nishikizu District
Locality
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Seika and Nishikizu District is a locality, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Gosashi tomb.
Seika-cho
Town
Seika is a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2023 the town has an estimated population of 36,542 in 15,468 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. Seika-cho is situated 6 km north of Gosashi tomb.
Ikoma
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Ikoma is a city in the northwestern end of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It was founded on November 1, 1971. As of September 1, 2023, the city has an estimated population of 117,259, with 51,478 households.
Gosashi tomb
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Gosashi Kofun”, “Mausoleum of Empress Jingū”, and “Saki no Tatanami no Ikenoe no Misasagi”
- Categories: kofun, Imperial mausoleum or tomb, zenpō-kōen-fun, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nara, Nara, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.70613° or 34° 42′ 22″ northLongitude
135.78528° or 135° 47′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QPQ4P+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 364093585OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5587136
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Gosashi tomb” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “五社神古墳”
- French: “tombe de Gosashi”
- French: “Tombe de Gosashi”
- Japanese: “五社神古墳”
- Japanese: “狭城盾列池上陵”
- Japanese: “神功皇后陵”
- “Gosashi Kofun”
- “Gosashi tomb”
- “Mausoleum of Empress Jingū”
- “Saki no Tatanami no Ikenoe no Misasagi”
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Highlights include 山陵八幡神社 and 福松大神.
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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 “Gosashi tomb”. Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.