Inariyama Kofun

The Inariyama Kofun is a keyhole-formed kofun tomb, zenpo-koen-a laugh, located in Gyoda, Saitama. It is one of the nine kofun clustered inside the city. To keep away from confusion, it is now and again known as the Saitama Inariyama Kofun, for kofun with the equal name are discovered in different regions. The full duration of the tomb is 120 m, the second biggest within the prefecture after the Futagoyama Kofun.

The width and top of the front, square segment are 74 m and 10.7 m, respectively. The diameter and height of the rear, circular section are 62 m and 11.7 m, respectively. The Inariyama Sword changed into excavated right here in 1968 and has a gold-inlaid inscription of more than 115 Chinese characters, which was deemed an crucial ancient discovery. The sword is held in Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds as a country wide treasure of Japan.