Azuchi-Hyōtanyama_Kofun
Azuchi-Hyōtanyama Kofun
Kofun period burial mound in Ōmihachiman, Japan
The Azuchi-Hyōtanyama Kofun (安土瓢箪山古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957.[1] With a total length of 134 meters, it is the largest kofun in Shiga Prefecture, and is estimated to have been built around the middle of the 4th century AD (early Kofun period).