Today, I was given a chance to visit one of the
Kofun that can be found
in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Kofun is Japanese ancient tomb-- and it's really, really big! I heard the more important you are, the bigger your
kofun will be!
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| Taken at Choushi-dzuka Kofun's Top |
I visited two
kofun,
Choushi-dzuka Kofun (銚子塚古墳)
and
Maruyama-dzuka Kofun (丸山塚古墳).
Choushi-dzuka Kofun is shaped exactly like those ancient door keyholes, the one that is like a combination of circle and trapezoidal, if you look at it from above. The circle one is said to be the person's grave, and the trapezoidal one was for that person's valuable belongings.
Maruyama-dzuka Kofun was a little smaller than the previous one. Its shape is circle, and is supposed to be a person's grave. As it is the second biggest out of all the
kofun here, the person who was buried here might be the second most powerful person in Yamanashi at the time.
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| Climbing the Kofun |
Funny thing is, even though they were supposed to be people's graves, the person who first found these
kofun said they checked inside, and found no body nor the remnants of it! But, as written above, there really were valuable things found in the
Choushi-dzuka Kofun's trapezoidal part! No one could tell what happened to the body!
These
kofun are located near mountains, so I think it will still be refreshing even in summer. I do not know if picnic is allowed or not here, but if it is, that would be awesome! Taking a walk here is also not a bad idea, because as the
kofun is quite tall, you could see a part of Kofu City from above!
- Ocha
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