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<< Our Photo Pages >> Harizuka Kofun - Chambered Cairn in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 07 September 2008  Page Views: 3760

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harizuka Kofun Alternative Name: 針塚古墳
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 9.053 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Matsumoto (Nagano pref.)  Nearest Village: Satoyamabe 里山辺
Latitude: 36.233150N  Longitude: 138.001240E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Harizuka Kofun
Harizuka Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Honshū

Maybe the only one surviving cairn in Matsumoto city. Though the other cairns were destroyed during the development of the city, this cairn was reconstructed as it had been, however the handrails toward the top are an eyesore.
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 11.1km NW 306° Honmura-no-Jindaimoji-hi* Carving
 14.6km S 189° Shiojiri Honjin* Modern Stone Circle etc
 18.2km SSE 157° Manji-no Sekibutsu* Sculptured Stone
 23.9km NE 39° Jingū-ji Kofun* Passage Grave
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 24.3km NNE 12° Oisawa Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
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 32.1km SE 140° Togariishi* Ancient Village or Settlement
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 35.3km NNE 20° Mori Shōgunzuka Kofun* Long Barrow
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