Saitobaru Kofun
More than 300 burial mounds spread across the plateau. One of the largest such groups in Japan.
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More than 300 burial mounds spread across the plateau. One of the largest such groups in Japan.
With four relocated farmhouses in its grounds, and a substantial holding on the province's kagura masks and robes.
Buried underground so as not to disturb the mounds, and unusual in letting visitors handle some of the finds.
A town that paired forest protection with taking in craftspeople; woodworkers and weavers have gathered here.
Large keyhole tombs on a plateau above the river, laid out so the mounds can be climbed and their shape felt.
A house-shaped haniwa with smaller structures attached - a three-dimensional record of ancient building.
The Saitobaru Archaeological Museum in Saito. It covers research on a group of more than 300 burial mounds.
The prefecture's Forestry Technology Center. It researches the cultivation of Obi cedar.