Osaka & Settsu

Daisen Kofun (Daisen-ryō; tomb attributed to Emperor Nintoku)

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On screen
Daisen-ryō Kofun ('Old Kofun') – landmark east of Sakai; the ikki's safehouse for the Imperial Regalia (also Tales of Iga)
Where
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Time & access
No entry to the mound; walk the perimeter path or view it from Sakai City Hall's observation floor.

In the game

The game lets you enter a burial chamber – invented: the mound has never been opened, and entry is forbidden.

History in brief

Keyhole mound of the 5th century, the largest kofun in Japan (c.486 m long); part of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group (UNESCO 2019).

The place today

Survives as a wooded mound with moats; managed by the Imperial Household Agency.

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