Tsubai Otsukayama kofun (Tumulus)
A keyhole-shaped tumulus measuring 175m in length, the Tsubai Otsukayama kofun was built at the beginning of the Kofun period, and is the largest ancient tomb in Kyoto.
A stone chamber was discovered in 1953 as a result of expansion work on the JR Nara Line.
The pit-type stone chamber housed split-bamboo shaped wood coffins.
Many Chinese mirrors, including roughly 30 triangular-rimmed bronze mirrors decorated with images of gods and animals, which are also known as the mirrors of Queen Himiko of the Yamatai Kingdom, and many ceremonial burial items were excavated, and so it is believed that this tomb was the tomb of a key political figure of the Yamato period.
