Miwa-machi and Miwa-midoriyama area/Visiting cave tombs of the Kofun (tumulus) period

Route Description

Tsurukawa Station→Miwa Shirasaka Cave Tombs→Miwa-no-Mori Visitor Center→Shimo-Miwa Gyokudayato Cave Tombs→Nishiyato Cave Tombs→Miwa Minami Ruins Group→Tsurukawa Station

Miwa and Nogaya area is known as a place with many cave tombs, together with the adjacent Asao area in Kawasaki City. A cave tomb is a tomb that was made on the slope of a cliff in the late Kofun period, and more than 100 cave tombs have been found in the surrounding area.
An extensive green area remains in Miwa, and “Miwa-no-Mori Visitor Center,” a base for walking, opened recently.

Nearest station: Tsurukawa Sta.(Odakyu Electric Railway) Tsurukawa Sta.(Odakyu Bus) Tsurukawa Sta.(Kanachu Bus)
Time allowed: around 2 h 12 min.
Distance: around 8.8km
Calorie consumption: around 396kcal
Number of steps: around 12570steps

* These are estimates given for a person, weight 60kg, moving at 4km per hour, walking 10 min.=30kcal, one step=70cm.

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* Some details in the PDF walking map may differ from Google Map.

* Contact regarding the PDF walking map offered on this website.

［Machida City Health Center Health Promotion Dept.　TEL 042-724-4236］

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