Hachimanyama Kofun(Burial mound) in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Hachimanyama Kofun(Burial mound)

Local name八幡山古墳 (Hachimanyama Kofun(Burial mound))
LocationShōwa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

The Hachimanyama Kofun is a large Kofun period burial mound in the Yamawaki neighborhood of Shōwa Ward in the city of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Dating from the mid-fifth century, it is the largest circular kofun in the Tōkai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated as a National Historic Site in 1931.