| Overview |
In the Iko area, there used to be many tumuli such as Suribachi-duka, Hijiri-duka, Ko-duka, and Funayama-duka but they were demolished in order to develop a region. Now Shirahataduka is only left. A 12m-diameter, 2.5m-high tumulus built around the 5th and 6th centuries, has been designated as a cultural property of Tokyo. It is said that Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son, Yoshiie stopped off this area on the way to the suppression of Oshu rebellion and set a white flag on this mound. This is the origin of the name of Shirahataduka. To preserve the surrounding scenery, the city purchased about 3,000 square meters of the land in 1983, and opened it as Shirahataduka Shiseki Park in 1987. There are several trees on the mound surrounded by the moat, and there is Shirahata Shrine enshrined Hondawake no Mikoto. There used to be six cedars called "Roppon-sugi" on the mound, but they died and were replaced by the current pine trees around 1935. |
