Hashihaka Tomb <-(217K) at Sakurai city, Nara Pref.	According to the Nihon Shoki, or the chronicles of ancient Japan, this mounded tomb was created by human beings in the daytime and by gods at night for Princess Yamato-totohimomoso-hime. It is a keyhole-shaped mound with an overall length of 272 m and a height of 13 m. Part of the moat is left around it.
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