Koryo Town Cultural Property Preservation Center
See haniwa excavated from nearby Suyama Kofun, a replica funerary boat and other finds from Koryo's ancient tombs.
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The Koryo Town Cultural Property Preservation Center is a small municipal collection inside the grounds of the town hall, not a large staffed museum beside the Umami Hillside Park mounds. The town opened it in 2006 to keep and share finds from local excavations. Its displays bring together haniwa from Suyama Kofun—including water-bird, house, shield, fence and cylindrical forms—with horse equipment and Sue ware from Makino Kofun and objects from other nearby tombs. A replica of the wooden boat recovered from Suyama's moat helps visitors picture a funerary practice that is otherwise difficult to imagine from the protected mound itself. The center makes a useful companion to a visit at Umami, but it is a separate stop in Nango and currently lists weekday-only public hours.
Connect the landscape with the finds
Suyama Kofun is a vast, protected mound south of Umami Hillside Park. The center gives visitors a closer look at selected objects excavated from it, including several types of haniwa and a replica of a wooden boat recovered from the moat. The replica is not an original artefact; the town interprets the boat as a mourning vessel that may have carried a coffin during burial rites.
Read the haniwa as a designed scene
The town lists cylindrical and morning-glory-shaped haniwa as well as figures shaped like houses, fences, shields, jars, lids and water birds. Together these forms help explain how the mound's outer landscape may have been marked and staged. The display also includes finds from other tombs, such as horse equipment and Sue pottery from Makino Kofun, a boar-shaped figure from Bunjiroyama Kofun and a house-shaped haniwa from Kuroishi-higashi No. 2 Kofun. Do not assume every object is on view in every visit; the town page does not provide a rotating-display schedule.
Use it as a separate town-center stop
The center is at 583-1 Nango on the Koryo Town Hall grounds, in a separate building from the main office. It is not next to Suyama Kofun or the park's south entrance. If combining the sites, plan a separate transfer and confirm bus connections: the town describes a walk of about 15 minutes east from the Hikiso Minamiguchi bus stop, while the Koryo Genki-go community bus may also be useful from Yamato-Takada Station.
Plan for weekday opening
Koryo Town lists opening hours from 9:00 to 17:00 and regular closures on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and during the year-end/New Year period. The official page does not state an admission price, reservation requirement, English-language interpretation, step-free route or current indoor photography policy. Contact the town's cultural-property office before making a special journey or relying on any of those services.
Respect the collection and image rights
The town's page credits photographs of excavated materials to the relevant institutions or photographers; those images are not automatically reusable on MyNara. Ask staff about photography inside the display rooms and do not touch or reposition objects. For commercial filming or a request to inspect a particular object, contact the Cultural Property Preservation Office in advance.
What to look for
Suyama finds
Haniwa and a replica of the wooden funerary boat excavated from the moat.
A regional collection
Objects from Suyama, Makino, Bunjiroyama and Kuroishi-higashi tombs.
A weekday cultural stop
A small municipal exhibition space on Koryo Town Hall's grounds, separate from the Umami park.
Photo notes
The center's displayed material includes archaeological objects and replicas. Ask staff about indoor photography before taking pictures; do not touch display objects. The town's images are credited to the town, archaeologists or photographers and are not cleared for reuse on MyNara without permission.
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Sources & editorial status
Original MyNara draft based on the linked sources. Sources reviewed 20 October 2026. Opening arrangements, prices and offers may change; use the operator's current information before travelling.