Saginokuchi No. 1 Tumulus

This burial mound is one of a group of more than a dozen horizontal stone chamber burial mounds scattered on the foot slope of Mount Eboshi, Higashiyama. The mound is an independent round burial mound, 10 m in diameter and 2.8 m high, built up from the slope of the mountain. The stone chamber, which opens to the south, is partially made of granite, and is constructed of andesite produced in the area, stacked in three to four layers, with three huge flat stones on the ceiling. The reduction ratio from the floor to the ceiling is small, and the envy passage is 3.2 m long, 1.5 m wide, and the height is not clear because it has collapsed, but almost two layers of wall stones remain. The chamber is 4m long and 1.8m wide at the entrance and 1.4m narrower at the back, 2.15m high, and the floor is covered with andesite stones of 20cm to 50cm in length and width, which is similar to other stone chambers in the area. The distinctive feature of this room is that the walls of the envy way and the front room are engraved with paintings mainly of leaves. The site of the Kinoha Mound is also the site of the Yayoi culture, and its topography indicates that it was the earliest village to be established in the Aya Hoki region. The Kinoha Mound may also be a trace of these legends.