This app is maintained by Osaka Prefecture, and allows users to search information and photographs related to the mounded tombs that make up the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group UNESCO World Heritage Site, and to view that map-linked information.

This app was developed by the research lab of Professor Hori at Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University, and released as the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group Map App in April 2016, with the cooperation of the Conference Headquarters for the Promotion of Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun for World Cultural Heritage Inscription (Osaka Pref., Sakai City, Habikino City, Fujiidera City). In July 2019, the Kofun Group was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an English version of the app was published by Prof. Hori’s lab, in order to spread the value of the cultural heritage to the rest of the world.On the basis of the above-mentioned map app enhanced with multilingual support, this app is elaborated by Osaka Prefecture in FY2021 with multilingual explanations in Japanese, English, traditional and simplified Chinese, and Korean. The provision of multilingual explanations was supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ FY2020 Utilization of Cultural Resources Expenses Subsidy (Support for Multilingual Explanation Provision).

This app is provided as an in-browser online application and is available with an internet connection without any downloading or additional installation. This app can be used on PC, tablet, or smartphone. Please read the Terms of Use when using this app.

Acknowledgements

This app is published and maintained with technical support from the research lab of Professor Hori at the Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University.

The image data for ancient topographic maps of Osaka Plain was provided by Jun-ichiro Matsuda.

This app is maintained by Osaka Prefecture.

The following Terms of Use have been established for this app. By using this app, users agree to the Terms of Use.

(Use of the App)

This app can be used without charge. However, any communications or other expenses incurred while viewing this app remain the responsibility of the user.

(Intellectual Property Rights, Etc.)

All rights (including ownership, intellectual property rights, usage of likenesses, and publicity rights) pertaining to text, photographs, illustrations, videos, and other data (collectively, “contents”) belong to the individuals or organizations who hold those rights as the app maintainers, developers, etc. The use of the contents of this app without prior permission or for the purposes of profit is strictly forbidden.

(Disclaimers)

The maintainers of this app, the developers, nor Google cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, injury, or loss incurred by the user as a direct or indirect result of the use of this app.

This includes measurement errors made during the creation of the maps or data used in the map information provided by this app. Depending on the usage environment and the status of GPS satellites, accurate location information may not be displayed. The maintainers of this app cannot absolutely guarantee that the information provided by this app is accurate, useful, complete, or will run properly on the user’s device.

(Suspension, Cessation, Withdrawal of, or Changes to This App)

This app may be subject to the following without prior notice: change or deletion of contents; suspension of service due to maintenance or power outages, etc.; cessation or withdrawal of service. These Terms of Use may also be subject to change without prior notice.

Established April 1, 2021

(Fundamental Concept)

Osaka Prefecture only gathers such user information as is necessary for the smooth operation of services (map application, information search tools, etc.) on this site (https://osaka-heritage.jp). Information gathered will be utilized appropriately only for the purposes of their use.

(Scope of Information Gathered)

This site automatically gathers information such as internet domain names and IP addresses. It also uses cookies to automatically gather information, including information relating to viewing conditions, etc. This site does not, however, use cookies to collect any information that would allow it to identify individual users.

Cookies are a kind of data that are stored on a user’s device; servers send cookies to a user’s browser so that site providers can identify the device the user is using. Cookies can be used to gather information via the device to ascertain the number of visits to the site, which pages the user visited, and other data. Using their browser’s setting, the user can choose to enable or disable cookies. This site can be used whether cookies are enabled or not.

(Purposes of Use)

Information gathered is used as a reference to enable the smooth operation of services provided on this site.

(Restrictions on Use and Provisions)

With the exception of extraordinary circumstances, such as when required by laws or regulations, or where unauthorized access or similar crime has been committed, Osaka Prefecture itself will not use the information it gathers, or provide that information to a third party, outside of the Purposes of Use detailed above. However, it may publish statistical information collated from site access data, user characteristics, etc.

(Security Measures)

Osaka Prefecture will take necessary measures to manage the information it gathers in an appropriate manner so as to prevent the leakage or loss of that information or any resulting damage or injury.

(Range of Application)

This Privacy Policy only applies to this site. Usage of information by third parties, etc., is done so at the responsibility of the respective organization.

(Other)

Osaka Prefecture may amend this Privacy Policy where and when necessary.

Established April 1, 2021