Mausoleum of Emperor Nintoku 仁徳天皇陵古墳
486 metres of mound and three moats, and from the ground you cannot see its shape.
The largest burial mound in Japan: 486 metres long, 249 in diameter across the round part, 35.8 metres high, with the trapezoidal part 307 wide. It is enclosed by three concentric moats, and around it there are more than ten smaller mounds. On 6 July 2019, at the forty-third session of the committee, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the kofun (the burial mounds of the rulers) of Mozu and Furuichi.
Osaka
Mikunigaoka, Mozu
