SPECIAL Now! Osaka's First World Cultural Heritage Site! Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group

Osaka's first World Cultural Heritage Site!

Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group

On July 6, 2019, some very exciting news came!

Finally! Finally!! Osaka's first World Cultural Heritage Site was born☆

Spanning Sakai City, Fujiidera City, and Habikino City, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group was inscribed as a World Heritage site this time due to its 'outstanding universal value.'01

At last, it became a World Heritage site as hoped!

Twelve years have passed since the proposal in 2007…!!

To promote the site, the World Heritage Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group PR mascot, Sakai City's HANIWA-bu (section chief), has always been working hard, and even created local foods themed around the burial mounds. Although there were several opportunities for inscription, they all ended in failure, and now it has finally been listed as a World Heritage site!!

The long-awaited 'Osaka's World Heritage site' is finally here♪

What makes it so amazing!

The sheer scale, of course

If you ask what is so amazing about the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group, first and foremost is its sheer scale! And its abundance! The number of mounds registered this time is actually 49, including 11 large keyhole-shaped tumuli. Among them, the largest, the Nintoku-tenno-ryo Kofun (Tomb of Emperor Nintoku), is also the largest in all of Japan, and together with the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in China, it is considered one of the three greatest burial mounds in the world, stretching about 486 meters in length!

But when viewed up close, it looks like a dense forest, making it difficult to sense its overwhelming scale. However, when viewed from above, its vastness is truly astonishing!

You can clearly see the impressive keyhole shape, and you can also see many other burial mounds around it. Compared to nearby parks and houses, its size is very obvious.

It is recommended to view it from a high place

If you want to see it for real, it is recommended to view it from the observation hall on the 21st floor of the Sakai City Hall Tower Wing. Although the 21st floor may be considered low to get a full view, you might be able to feel the atmosphere. This burial mound was built in the 4th to 5th centuries AD and has been preserved for over 1,600 years, which is very precious.

At the Sakai City Museum, in addition to the permanent exhibition 'Mozu Kofun Group and the History and Culture of Sakai,' special exhibitions related to the Mozu Kofun Group will also be held. If you want to learn more about the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group, please feel free to visit.

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