Guide to Iwase-senzuka

Reasons Why I Recommend You to Visit Iwase-senzuka

Thank you very much for opening this page. This website introduces you Iwase-senzuka Kofun Tumuli Cluster and its adjoining archaeological museum named Kii-fudoki-no-oka, and encourages you to visit there. Two of the most important reasons of my recommendation are as follows. (updated on Feb. 13, 2025)

• You can enter characteristic burial stone chambers of Iwase-senzuka.
  • Going into the real tomb chambers which have kept their original shape for around 1,500 years offers you mystical experience in which as if you were a time traveler.
• You can encounter truly unique haniwa clay statues inside the museum of Kii-fudoki-no-oka.
  • What kind of ceremonies did ancestors of Japanese people conduct with those haniwa clay statues on the top of kofun burial mound? Do lives of the Kofun period people's and those of modern Japanese have anything in common? You cannot help using imagination variously there.

About the Website Owner and His Purpose

The profile and his aims are as follows. (updated on Feb. 13, 2025)

• Owner (I)
  • I am one of volunteer staff members belonging to Wakayama Prefectural Museum Kii-fudoki-no-oka.
  • I am around the celebration age called koki 古希 in Japan (seventy years old).
  • I have been learning English little by little only in Japan for many years.
  • I am qualified as National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter. (I have once worked as a paid guide in English. However, I am currently a "self-claimed non-paying guide in Japanese and English only at Iwase-senzuka.")
  • I began learning ancient history including Iwase-senzuka in 2020 during the pandemic.
• Management
  • My one-person operation. (also, self-taught HTML and CSS)
• Purpose
  • To provide people at home and abroad with information about Iwase-senzuka Kofun Cluster and Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum.
  • To attract as many visitors as possible there.
  • To secure the website owner the place to learn and to stay active. (ancient history, English language, website management)
• Distinguishing Features of This Website
  • The same contents are provided in both Japanese and English.
  • Details on Iwase-senzuka and its adjoining museum including those which only volunteer staffs may find out are presented in the contents.

Site Map

Composition of this website (site map) is as follows. (updated on Feb. 24, 2025)

In addition, please understand that pages marked with For Devotees are intended to be a resource guide and they may NOT be always suitable for first-time visitors to Iwase-senzuka.

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