Most viewed - Saginuma Castle Park and Saginuma Tumuli 鷺沼城跡公園・鷺沼古墳群 |
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Horse haniwa statue (replica).19 views
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Remains of a natural gas well.18 views
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Saginuma Castle was built by a local lord named Saginuma Taro Genta Mitsuyoshi. This is a monument for him. 鷺沼太郎源太光義の碑17 views
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Saginuma Castle Park is the site of both the defunct Saginuma Castle (built during Heian Period, 8th to 12th century) and Saginuma Tumuli or burial mounds. Exact castle construction date is unknown, and not much is known. 16 viewsNo castle structures remain, but there is a small stone coffin on display inside a hut.
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Steps to go up Saginuma Castle Park. The hill is 18 meters high.15 views
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Saginuma Castle Park has two kofun burial mounds labeled as Mound A (A号墳) and Mound B (B号墳). They were discovered here in 1966. Mound A is keyhole-shaped. Mound B includes a stone coffin.15 viewsSaginuma Tumuli date from the latter 6th century, based on haniwa sculpture pieces excavated from Mound A in 1966. The mounds are 20 to 25 meters long.
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Mound A tumulus (A号墳) at Saginuma Castle Park. Local nobility was buried here during the 6th century. There's now a small shrine.15 views
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Mound B tumulus (B号墳) at Saginuma Castle Park. Hut preserving a stone coffin. B号墳の箱式石棺15 views
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Park includes playground equipment for kids.15 views
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Walking around the burial mound.15 views
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Saginuma Castle Park is a small, flat park ringed with cherry blossom trees. This was in winter.14 views
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Park has a lot of space to run around.14 views
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Weeping cherry trees.14 views
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Saginuma Castle Park is a 10 to 15-min. walk from Keisei-Tsudanuma Station. Near Narashino City Hall. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/xkw1vc8j4ze96tyT713 views
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Mound B (B号墳) had two stone coffins. Although one coffin was destroyed, the other remains intact. Now protected by a hut. The stone coffin contained the remains of two adults, 13 views
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Stone coffin in Mound B is 2 meters long, 0.8 meter wide, and 0.7 meter deep. The stones came from southern Chiba Prefecture and shaped with metallic tools. The coffin was covered with large stones. B号墳の箱式石棺13 viewsThe remains of two adult males were found in the coffin in 1966. Chokutō sword fragments, ancient jewelry, arrowheads, and small knife were also found.
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Walking back to the train station along the side of the park.13 views
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Walk along the right side of the castle park hill until you see steps going up.12 views
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Mound A tumulus (A号墳) at Saginuma Castle Park has a small torii.12 views
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Mound B and stone coffin hut.12 views
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Pieces of haniwa sculptures were dug up and the park has two replicated Naniwa statues. One human and one horse. Unknown what the original haniwa actually looked like.12 views
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The burial mounds have stones along the perimeter.12 views
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Mound A tumulus (A号墳) at Saginuma Castle Park.11 views
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Mound B and stone coffin hut.10 views
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Mound A tumulus (A号墳) at Saginuma Castle Park.9 views
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