<< Our Photo Pages >> Yoshida Kofun - Passage Grave in Japan in Honshū
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Rock ArtSite Name: Yoshida Kofun Alternative Name: 吉田古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.724 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Mito (Ibaraki pref.) Nearest Village: MotoYoshida-chō 元吉
Latitude: 36.358660N Longitude: 140.475250E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A tumulus in a residential area of Mito city, the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture. Regarded as a round mound for a long time, but recently some scholars suspects that it was a octagonal pyramid originally. This tumulus is well-known for its mural engravings of armour.
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