Akayu Burial Mounds

...The prefectural capital of Yamagata Prefecture, located in the central eastern part of the prefecture, is also the largest commercial and industrial city in the prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1889. Its population was 254,488 (1995). It is located in the southern part of the Yamagata Basin, bordering Kaminoyama City to the south and Tendo City to the north. The eastern part of the city is the Ou Mountains, including the peak of Mt. Zao, and the mountainous region of Shirataka Hills to the west. The Tachiya River and Mamigasaki River, which flow west from the Ou Mountains, form alluvial fans in the eastern half of the basin and flow into the Sugawa River, which flows north through the central plain. The climate is inland and there is a large temperature difference, but the amount of snowfall is relatively low, with an average of 20 to 30 cm per year, which is relatively low in the plains of the prefecture.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Akayu Kofun Group is listed below.

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…山形県中央東部に位置する県庁所在都市で，県下一の商工業都市でもある。1889年市制。人口25万4488(1995)。山形盆地の南部に位置し，南は上山（かみのやま）市，北は天童市に接し，市域の東部は蔵王山頂を含む奥羽山脈，西は白鷹丘陵の山地である。奥羽山脈から西流する立谷（たちや）川や馬見ヶ崎（まみがさき）川は盆地東半に扇状地を形成し，中央平野部を北流する須川に注ぐ。気候は内陸性で気温の較差は大きいが，積雪量は年平均20～30cmで県内平地では比較的少ない。…

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