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Date UncertainSite Name: Tsukumozuka Alternative Name: 九十九塚 Sukumozuka KujūkuzukaCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 5.88 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Yufu (Ōita pref.) Nearest Village: Yufuinchō-Tsukahara 湯布
Latitude: 33.308410N Longitude: 131.407940E
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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"Tsukumo" means 'nearly 100', and "zuka(tsuka)" means 'mound', now some 40 mounds scarcely remain at the foot of beautiful misty Mt.Yufu-dake(由布岳 1583m alt.) where they call "Tsukahara(塚原=field of mounds)". These mounds were believed to be burial tumuli but they are just rocky mounds without any inner constructions, just like Silbury Hill.
A local legend says that once upon a time, many evil ogres lived here and harmed the residents. The gods felt pity for human beings, then the god of soil egged on the ogres to make 100 mounds within 1 night. When the ogres started to make the 100th mound, the god mimicked a rooster's morning crow. The ogres ran away to deep mountain and left 99 mounds.
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