One day in Kashiwara, Japan

A day through Kashiwara’s best-known sights that lie close together: Kitora Tomb, Takamatsuzuka Tomb, Nakaoyama Kofun, Asuka Historical National Government Park, Iwayayama Kofun and Kengoshizuka Kofun. 6 stops, about 2.8 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Kitora TombArchaeological site · On the map
  2. Takamatsuzuka TombArchaeological site · 1.2 km on from Kitora Tomb · On the map
  3. Nakaoyama KofunMonument · 0.2 km on from Takamatsuzuka Tomb · On the map
  4. Asuka Historical National Government ParkGarden · 0.3 km on from Nakaoyama Kofun · On the map
  5. Iwayayama KofunMonument · 0.6 km on from Asuka Historical National Government Park · On the map
  6. Kengoshizuka KofunMonument · 0.5 km on from Iwayayama Kofun · On the map

6 stops, 4.1 km on foot along the streets: about 54 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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