Yaizu, an old Japanese port whose shrine says it was founded in the 5th century, is dotted with Kofun-period burial mounds. Which other Japanese city, in the mountains of the old Kai Province and known for its many Kofun-period burial mounds and Jomon-period ruins, has a similar ancient past?

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Kōshū, Yamanashi. Yaizu is an ancient settlement, and its Yaizu Shrine claims to have been founded in the 5th century Kofun period. Many kofun burial mounds also lie inside Yaizu's city limits. In Kōshū, Yamanashi, there are also many burial mounds from the Kofun period, along with Jomon ruins.