It is a very famous tumulus that was built between the 7th and 8th centuries and appears in textbooks.
It appears to have been robbed during the Kamakura period, but the colorful murals of court ladies and other figures painted on the plaster on the walls of the stone chamber remain intact and are said to have caused a sensation.
The tumulus has been restored to its original appearance, and you can see replicas of artifacts and murals excavated from the Takamatsuzuka tumulus in the adjacent museum.
This is a tumulus that every Japanese person has heard of, and it even appears in textbooks, so it's a historical site that you definitely want to visit when you come to Nara.
The Takamatsuzuka Tumulus was said to be the great discovery of the century during the Showa era. Get off at Kintetsu Asuka Station, rent a bicycle in front of the station, walk along the gentle slope for 6 to 7 minutes, and you will arrive at Asuka National Historical Park. The park is quite large, and if you follow the arrow, you will see Takamatsuzuka Tumulus. The height of the burial mound is apparently 7 to 8 meters. Go around the tomb and go down to the Takamatsuzuka Mural Museum. The entrance fee is 300 yen, and when you enter the museum, you can see a mural that you may remember from your history textbooks when you were a child. Since the mural is a replica, it is possible to take pictures with a camera, except for a few parts. If you are driving, there is a free parking lot across the road from the historical park.
