| Duration: | 2 Day(s) - 1 Night(s) |
| Tour Category: | Full Day Tours |
Asuka-Fujiwara
This is 2 day course from Tokyo. The fee is from Nara station.
Guests take the train from JR Kyoto to Nara, then to Kintetsu Asuka Station, and then walk. The fee is in USD from Kyoto (Please contact us for the fee). One stay at night at Nara.
Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties is a cluster of archaeological sites from in and around the late sixth- to early eighth-century capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara-kyō, Nara Prefecture.
These sites are: Ishibutai kofun, Takamatsuzuka kofun, Kitora kofun, etc. kofun means tomb. Especially Takamatsuzuka Kofun is famous. This tomb is thought to have been built at some time between the end of the 7th century and the beginning of the 8th century. It was accidentally discovered by a local farmer in the 1960s. Also, Kitora Kofun is noted.
This tomb is believed to have been constructed sometime between the 7th and early 8th centuries but was only discovered in 1983. The tomb has not been actually entered but rather probed with the sub-miniature camera. Archaeological dating places its construction within the same Asuka period (7th to early 8th centuries) as Takamatsu Zuka Kofun. While there are some remarkable similarities, there are also some anomalous differences in the paintings of the two tombs.
