🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Fujinoki Tomb — Six-Mirror Furnished Kofun
Late Kofun (late 6th c. CE c. 590 CE) · Yamato aristocracy (Mononobe/Soga)
Ikaruga round tomb excavated 1985, 6 mirrors including beast-band mirrors, unlooted 6th c. elite.
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141 places in the atlas, 24 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Late Kofun (late 6th c. CE c. 590 CE) · Yamato aristocracy (Mononobe/Soga)
Ikaruga round tomb excavated 1985, 6 mirrors including beast-band mirrors, unlooted 6th c. elite.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early Kofun (mid-3rd c. CE c. 250 CE) · Yamato early Kofun (Himiko? Queen)
Makimuku Hashihaka excavated around moat 1990s, 280 m earliest Kofun predating Daisen by 180 yrs.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Yayoi (300 BCE–100 CE) · Yayoi Kumamoto
Aso dolmen terrace excavated 1960s, Yayoi jar coffins and bronze imports under dolmen cists.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Late Jomon (2200–1500 BCE) · Late Jomon
Kita-Akita Isedotai excavated 1992–, 4 circles with 200+ stones aligned to Mount Moriyoshi.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Late Kofun (6th c. CE) · Yamato influenced Hizen
Karatsu megalithic chamber exposed by erosion, excavated 1900, late Kofun island type.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (5th c. CE) · Hida / Etchu Kofun
Tateyama alpine kofun excavated 1970s, house-shaped sarcophagus like later Asuka type.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Yayoi (500–100 BCE) · Yayoi Tanba
Kameoka Yayoi dolmens excavated 1970s, Tanba Yayoi slate dagger and Jar-coffin under.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Asuka Period (694–710 CE) · Yamato (Empress Jito to Monmu)
Fujiwara-kyo is Japan's first planned Chinese-grid capital (694–710 CE) — 5×5 km Chang'an-style city with Fujiwara Palace (1 km² Suzaku Boulevard) at 60 m Yamato plain.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Nara Period (710–784 CE; UNESCO 1998) · Yamato (Empress Genmei to Kōnin)
Heijo-kyo is Japan's Nara-period capital (710–784 CE, UNESCO) — 4.3×4.8 km Tang Chang'an-grid city with Heijo Palace and Suzakumon gate at 70 m Nara basin.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (c. 411–453 CE Nintoku) · Yamato Kofun (Emperor Nintoku tradition)
Mozu kofun group excavated non-invasive by Sakai 1872, UNESCO 2019 as Mozu-Furuichi, Imperial mound unentered.
