Heading west along Takeuchi Kaido, Japan's oldest national highway and a Japan Heritage Site, you'll come across Shiratori no Mausoleum, one of the components of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group, a World Heritage Site. With a dedicated guide, you'll tour three other imperial tombs, as well as Nonaka-ji Temple, which displays the Gilt Bronze Maitreya Bodhisattva Half-Knee Statue on the 18th of each month.

Get off at Furuichi Station on the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line, exit the ticket gate and immediately to the left, where you will find the Habikino Visitor Center, located along the Takeuchi Kaido, a Japanese Heritage Site. We offer a wide range of tourist information, including the Furuichi Kofun Group, a World Heritage Site, the Takeuchi Kaido, historical heritage sites such as temples and shrines, and local specialties.

You will experience joining haniwa excavated from the Furuichi Kofun Group, a World Heritage Site, with an explanation from a curator, visit the Habikino City Cultural Property Exhibition Room and the Konda Shiratori Haniwa Production Site, and enjoy a view of the Furuichi Kofun Group from the roof of City Hall. In the afternoon, after enjoying a haniwa bento lunch, you will create your own one-of-a-kind original haniwa.

Ancient romance born from clay
A haniwa-making workshop that both adults and children can easily participate in, as if they were playing with clay.

Artistic swimmer Yukiko Inui retired in October 2023. Since retiring, she has pursued a career as a coach. We have set up a health promotion event where you can receive health and nutrition advice from Coach Inui. You may also hear about her memories and behind-the-scenes stories from her time at world championships and the Olympics.

Artistic swimmer Yukiko Inui retired in October 2023. Since retiring, she has pursued a career as a coach. We have set up a health promotion event where you can receive health and nutrition advice from Coach Inui. You may also hear about her memories and behind-the-scenes stories from her time at world championships and the Olympics.

It was built by Empress Suiko to protect the mausoleum (Sankoichibyo) where Prince Shotoku, his mother, and his wife were buried, and it is said that Emperor Shomu developed the large temple complex in 724 (the first year of the Jinki era). From the Heian period onwards, it developed as a sacred place for Prince Shotoku worship as the "Kaminotaishi," one of the "Three Princes of Kawachi." At the end of the Sengoku period, the entire mountain was burned down in a fire caused by Oda Nobunaga's war, but starting with the reconstruction of the Seireiden (Sacred Spirit Hall) by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1603 (the eighth year of the Keicho era), the temple complex was gradually rebuilt and has continued to the present day.

Temple associated with Prince Shotoku
This famous temple is home to the tombs of Prince Shotoku and three other people. The Takaya Renhihito gravestone will be on special display.

This old house is located at the foot of Yamada Mochiyabashi Bridge in Taishi Town along the Takeuchi Kaido, Japan's oldest official road. It retains the traditional Yamato-style roof, which is rare in this area during the Edo period, with a tiled roof and thatched roof, and is a house that conveys the atmosphere of the road.

This oval-shaped mound, measuring approximately 15 km from east to west, is located at the foot of the mountains east of the Taiga River and has long been said to be the tomb of Ono no Imoko.
Imoko was a person who was sent to the Sui Dynasty on the Chinese mainland as an envoy during the reign of Empress Suiko. He was entrusted with the protection of the Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva, the guardian deity of Prince Shotoku. He built a temple and offered flowers to the Buddha every morning and evening, which is said to be the origin of the Ikenobo school of flower arrangement. Currently, Ikenobo worships this mound as the tomb of Doso.

第30代敏達天皇は、572年に即位され、死後、母君の石姫皇后の墓である磯長の陵に葬られたと『日本書紀』は記しています。 敏達天皇陵は全長約93メートルの磯長谷では唯一の前方後円墳で、周囲には空濠を巡らせています。内部については全くわかりませんが、横穴式石室が採用されていると考えられています。また周辺から埴輪が出土し、これらから古墳時代の後期前半に築造されたと考えられています。

第31代用明天皇は、『日本書紀』によれば、磐余の池上の陵に葬られますが、その後、推古元年(593)に「河内の磯長の陵」に改めて葬ったと記録されています。 用明天皇陵は、東西65メートル、南北60メートル、高さ10メートルの方墳で、周囲には幅7メートルの空濠を巡らせており、この濠の外堤までを含めた規模は、一辺100メートルに達する巨大な規模を有しています。墳丘規模や形が、蘇我馬子の墓とされる石舞台古墳とよく似ていることが注目されます。