Chubu Wide-area Tourism Portal Site -- Travel to Ten Thrilling Scenic Sites This showcases sightseeing destinations in Japan's Chubu region (the prefectures of Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, and Shiga).

Fukui Prefecture Fukui Sakai Area

The ancient tombs of Matsuoka consist of about 50 tombs from 3 BC to the 7th century AD. They are located on Matsuoka hill in Eiheiji town. The mixture of square, round, or keyhole-shaped tumuli are scattered about. These include five keyhole-shaped tumuli of more than 50m, such as Tegurigajoyama ancient tomb. The people who were buried in these large-sized ancient tombs were all placed in a boat-shaped stone coffin made of shakudani stone, which can only be found in Echizen area. The fact that there are many large-sized ancient tombs made of shakudani stone is a special characteristic of the ancient tombs of Matsuoka.