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Tondabayashi Terauchi Town

During the Sengoku period, in the first year of Eiroku (around 1560), Hidetojin of Koreshoji, Kyoto, purchased land in the almost current Terauchi-cho district from the lord, called in the influential people of the neighborhood, and opened the wasteland by the power of his followers, and parcels up, it was the beginning of Tondabayashi Teranai-cho that the establishment of the Kōsho-ji Temple in its center was established. During the Edo period, it became a district of the shogunate and developed as a commercial town. In particular, the brewing business was active, and the record of Kanbun 8 (1668) said that as many as 149 shops in 51 positions were lined up. Selected as an Important Traditional Buildings Preservation Area in 1997. Jiyamachi Exchange Hall is free to enter, open from 10 to 17 o'clock, closed on Mondays (the next day in case of public holidays).

Yutani Fudo (Myoo-ji)

According to Teraden, it is transmitted in the year of Hirohito 12 (821) as Kaeki, the master of Hiroho Daishi. The main statue of Fudō Myōō and Nidōji are designated as Important Cultural Properties. It is said that there is a benefit to eye disease and eradication, and there are many worshipers on the 28th of every month. On the day of the fair, you need to be careful because there will be a street stall from the station to the temple and vehicles will be closed.

Fujiidera Machikado Information Hall Yume Plaza (Fujiidera City Tourist Information Center)

Fujiidera's information-transmitting base on the Fujiidera Ichiban Shopping Street on the south side of Kintetsu Fujiidera Station. The landmark is a stone statue of the official character of Fujiidera, Manari Ino. A Fujiidera City Tourist Information Center is located in the building, and in addition to various tourist brochures, a large monitor is installed, and it is also a JNTO-certified foreign tourist information center. The souvenir corner has a rich line-up including Fujiidera's physical products, as well as the Kofun goods, Manari-kun goods, and books related to Fujiidera. There is also a changing table and a nursing space as a toilet and "baby station" in the hall, and it is recommended as a rest spot.

Iselschula Hall (Fujiidera City Lifelong Learning Center)

On the east side of the Nakaiten Emperor's Tomb, the facility has a Noah's Ark-like appearance with the motif of the boat-shaped Haniwa and the ancient wood-slew shura. The first floor is a recreation and gathering zone, the second floor is a history exhibition zone, the third floor is a community hall and educational and research function zone, and the fourth floor is an indoor multi-purpose square, with a craft room, audiovisual room, music classroom, etc., it is used for a variety of activities, mainly for citizens of Fujiidera. The recommendation is a historical exhibition zone that introduces the history of Fujiidera from the Paleolithic period to the Nara period. It displays archeological materials from the Furuichi Kofun group, including the Mizutori-gata Haniwa, a country-designated important cultural property excavated from the Tsudō Castle Mount Kofun, and the long-standing ironware burying facility at the Nishi-Tomzan Kofun.

Historic Site Shiroyama Kofun Guidance Building "Mahoroshiroyama"

The facility stands on the north side of the Tsudōroyama Kofun, one of the constituent assets of the World Cultural Heritage "Hyakutondori/Furuichi Kofun". An easy-to-understand commentary on the results of the excavation and research of the Tsudō Shiroyama burial mound, which is also familiar to citizens in a nationally designated historical site, with illustrations and photographs. In addition to the excavated Shōtsutsugata Haniwa and the Cylindrical Haniwa, which were excavated from the nearby site of Tsudō, there are also exhibits such as the Suejutsu and the Toshitō. The vestibule displays the ceiling stone of the pit-type sarcophagus, which was excavated from the back circle of the Tsudōroyama Kofun, and the restored large-sized sarcophagus. Attention was also paid to a replica of a waterfowl-shaped Haniwa with a tiled roof. There is a multipurpose toilet, recommended as a rest area.

Hazami Mountain Kofun (Scissor Mountain Kofun)

It is located in the southern part of the city of Fujiidera, in the Furuichi Kōmun, in the first half of the 5th century. The rear circle side of the single-piece moat has been reclaimed, and the shape of the moat, like the one that nips a mound, resembles a Japanese shears, hence the name "chelicazuka". The mound is 103m long, 60m in the diameter of the rear circle, 9.5m in height, 66m in the front, and 9.1m in height. Cylindrical Haniwa and figurative Haniwa have been excavated from the mound. It is one of the constituent assets of the World Cultural Heritage "Hyakutan Bird/Furuichi Kofun", and is also a nationally designated historical site. It is thought to have had a close relationship with Nonaka Miyayama Kofun, the southern front-and-back mound across the road, due to its position.

Pot Mound

Koyama is located across the road from Kintetsu Toshinori Station. There used to be a spot around this area of the area, which was called "Sawada no Nanatsuzuka", but the area disappeared due to the conversion of residential land, leaving only the Onatsuka Kofun, a nationally designated historic site. At the end of the fourth century, Tsukizoku was thought to be a mound of the Nakahime Mingling Tomb, and at that time it was a 63m-side large-shaped mound with a moat. The current situation is that a square mound with a side of 40m and a height of 7m remains, and the burial facilities and grave goods are unknown, but fragments of cylindrical haniwa and figurative haniwa have been excavated. If you climb the steps of a grass-green-covered mound, you can see the back circle of the Ichinoyama burial mound behind Doshinosato Station from the top of the mound, and the Nakahime Meiryo burial mound to the southwest.

Nakahime Mingling Tomb (Nakatsuyama Kofun)

Front and back round mound located at the highest point of the Kokufu Plateau. The length of the mound is 290m, the diameter of the rear circle is 170m, the height is 26.2m, the width of the front part is 193m, and the height is 23.3m. The total length of the mound is over 400m, including the moat and the outer embankment. The existence of sarcophagi and the excavation of magatama are transmitted to the mound, and roofing stones, cylindrical haniwa, and figurative haniwa are excavated from the embankment. Although it is said to be the end of the fourth century, and is ruled by the Imperial Household Agency as the "Nakatsu Sanryo" of Emperor Ojin and Emperor Nintoku's mother Nakahime, there is a theory that the building is earlier than the Ojin Emperor's Tomb. One of the constituent assets of the world cultural heritage "Hyakutan Bird Furuichi Kofun".

Tsudou Shiroyama Kofun (Shiroyama Kofun)

The front-back circular mound located at the northern end of the Furuichi Kofun group. Tsukizo was in the late 4th century. The length of the mound is 210m, with a double moat and dike at the time of construction, and the total length is about 400m when the outer moat, which is now a residential area, is included. The name of "Jōzan" is due to the construction of a castle on a burial mound during the Sengoku period. At the end of the Meiji era, a stone pit and a long-shaped sarcophagus were found from the rear circle, and a number of copper mirrors, magatama, and swords were excavated. The water bird-shaped Haniwa excavated from the inner moat is a nationally designated important cultural property. The burials were unknown, and only the top of the rear circle was ruled by the Imperial Household Agency as "Fujiidera Tomb Reference Site". It is a country-designated historic site and one of the constituent assets of the World Cultural Heritage Site "Hyakutan Bird/Furuichi Kofun". There is also the Tsudō Hachiman Shrine within the mound hill, the flower shobu garden at the site of the inner moat, and the Tsudō kohana garden where the rape and cosmos bloom.

Nakaiten Emperor's Tomb (Oka Misanzai Tomb)

It is a front-back mound located at the western end of the Furuichi Kofun, and is one of the constituent assets of the World Heritage Site "Hyakutan Bird/Furuichi Kofun". The mound length is 245m, the diameter of the rear circle is 148m, and the height is 19.5m. Tsukizo was in the late 5th century. The mounds have been heavily modified in places such as the Yamashiro Tsukijo in the Muromachi period and the large-scale restoration in the late Edo period. On the outside of the surrounding moat surrounding the mounds, there is a shunke from which the cylindrical haniwa was excavated, and the general of the burial mound is as much as about 410m. The details of the burial facility are not known, but it is also possible that there is a side-hole type stone chamber due to the shape of the mound. The burials are also unknown, but the Imperial Household Agency ruled as the "Ega Nagano Seiryo" of the 14th Emperor Nakai. On the northern side of the rear circle, there is a country-designated historical site, which is seen as a jyuzuka, and a 60-meter-long front-and-back circle mound, the Potatsuka Kofun.

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