"Takeda-style Kofun Tomb" Adopted as Furusato Tax Return Gift in Daito City, Osaka: Connecting End-of-Life Planning with Regional Contribution, Offering a New Option for Perpetual Memorial Services

Osaka Memorial Park Sales Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Daito City, Osaka; Representative Director: Koichi Higuchi; hereinafter "the Company") and Kofun Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Tsunehisa Takeda) jointly announce that the "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb" has been officially adopted as a return gift for the Furusato Tax Donation program in Daito City, Osaka.

This initiative is a rare nationwide attempt that adds a new perspective of "regional contribution" through Furusato Tax Donations to the contemporary social issues of "end-of-life planning" and "tomb inheritance problems."

Background: A New Mechanism Connecting End-of-Life Planning to Regional Contribution

In recent years, due to the declining birthrate, aging population, and the rise of nuclear families, consultations such as "I have no one to inherit my grave" and "I don't want to burden my family" have increased. At Osaka Memorial Park, we have established a system where the administrator performs perpetual memorial services to meet these needs. With the adoption of the "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb" as a return gift for Daito City's Furusato Tax Donation, donors can secure peace of mind for their own future (end-of-life planning) while contributing to the development of Daito City's municipal administration through their donation. Furthermore, by having families continue to visit the area for grave visits after burial, we aim to contribute to the creation of a "connected population" that deepens ties with Daito City.

Features of the Return Gift "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb"

The "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb" is a perpetual memorial tomb that reconstructs the shape of a traditional Japanese keyhole-shaped kofun (ancient tomb mound) as a modern burial site.

1. Design in Harmony with the Landscape

Maintains a culturally valuable landscape that blends into the rich nature of the Ikoma Mountain Range.

2. Provision of Perpetual Memorial Services

Since Osaka Memorial Park manages the site in perpetuity, it can be used with peace of mind regardless of whether there is a successor.

3. Selectable Burial Types

・Communal Eternal Burial: A form where one is memorialized in perpetuity together with others within the symbolic form of the kofun tomb.

・Individual Placement Burial (for 1 to 4 people): A form where one is permanently placed and memorialized in an individual space.

Three Roles of Osaka Memorial Park for Daito City

Through this initiative, our park aims to create a new form of regional collaboration with Daito City by fulfilling the following three contributions:

・Contribution to Donation Promotion by Offering a Unique Return Gift

By offering the "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb," which has cultural value unprecedented nationwide, as a return gift, we will contribute to differentiating Daito City's Furusato Tax Donation program from other municipalities and increasing the number of donations.

・Presentation of a Sustainable Memorial Service Model

As a private cemetery with perpetual memorial service functions, we will present a solution model originating from Daito City to society for the nationwide worsening problem of grave inheritance.

・Promotion of Attractiveness Utilizing Local Cultural Resources

By regenerating the motif of the traditional Japanese keyhole-shaped kofun as a modern place of prayer, we will disseminate Daito City's historical and cultural appeal nationwide and contribute to fostering local pride.

Building a "New End-of-Life Planning Model" Aiming for Sustainable Memorial Services and Regional Coexistence

This initiative is not merely the provision of a return gift; it is an answer from a private cemetery and a local government to the structural problem of "grave maintenance" in Japan, which has entered a high-mortality society. Currently, the increase in "grave closures" and abandoned graves is becoming a social problem nationwide, largely due to the weakening of family ties caused by the rise of nuclear families. Therefore, this project links the "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb" with Daito City's Furusato Tax Donation, creating a new form of "connection" where donors choose Daito City as "the place to entrust their final moments," and their families continue to visit this land through grave visits. Instead of closing off the grave as a "family burden" or a "personal issue," it sublimates it into a "contribution supporting the region's future" through Furusato Tax Donations. This "community-coexistence type" memorial service model aims to demonstrate the ideal form of a cemetery in an era of population decline and to serve as a sustainable mechanism for passing on Daito City's rich historical and cultural resources to the next generation.

■ Future Developments

Information on the purchase process will be provided sequentially through our official website and Kofun Co., Ltd.'s "Kofun no Madoguchi" (Kofun Window). Please look forward to a new place of prayer where history, design, and reliable perpetual memorial services are fused in a special space supervised by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.

▼ "Osaka Memorial Park Official HP" ▼

https://osaka-memorialpark.co.jp/

▼ "Kofun Tomb Special Site" ▼

https://osaka-memorialpark.co.jp/kofun/

▼ "Kofun no Madoguchi" ▼

https://madoguchi.kofun.co.jp/

■ About the Osaka Memorial Park Kofun Tomb

■ Regenerating the Kofun as a "Modern Place of Prayer"

Kofun are magnificent heritage sites symbolizing Japanese culture, where kings and powerful clans once slept. Our company has reconstructed this "kofun" form for modern people who worry about "having no one to inherit their grave" due to the declining birthrate and aging population. The "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb" advocated by Tsunehisa Takeda is gaining significant attention as a completely new style of prayer that fuses history, design, and perpetual memorial services.

■ The Only Sacred Sanctuary in Kansai Combining Panoramic Views and Design

Osaka Memorial Park boasts a breathtaking view overlooking the Osaka Plain from a hill on the slopes of Mount Ikoma, a proven track record of being selected as "No. 1 in Kansai for the Grave Grand Prix," and a dignified design supervised by the world-renowned architect Tadao Ando Architect & Associates. In this unique environment, unparalleled nationwide, where views, achievements, and design are integrated, we will protect your precious memories.

▼ Kofun Tomb EC Site "Kofun no Madoguchi" Osaka Memorial Park Kofun Tomb ▼

https://madoguchi.kofun.co.jp/products/detail/9

▼ Osaka Memorial Park Takeda-style Keyhole-shaped Kofun Tomb Drone Video ▼

https://youtu.be/EwunGJ5uzZg?si=ag6mBWkMsP7NzWoI

[Related Information] On-site Information Session Also Held (July 11th)

On Saturday, July 11th, a "Takeda-style Kofun Tomb Information Session" will be held at the Osaka Memorial Park site. This is an opportunity to see the actual location, which combines history, design, perpetual memorial services, and panoramic views.

Date & Time: Saturday, July 11th ①10:30～ ②11:15～ ③13:30～ ④14:15～

Location: Osaka Memorial Park (271-8 Tatsuma, Daito City, Osaka)

Details: https://osaka-memorialpark.co.jp/information/3055/

View Information Session Details

[Company Overview]
Osaka Memorial Park Sales Co., Ltd.

Representative Director: Koichi Higuchi

Location: 271-8 Tatsuma, Daito City, Osaka

Official HP: https://osaka-memorialpark.co.jp/

Kofun Tomb Special Site: https://osaka-memorialpark.co.jp/kofun/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ42K0iY_-AKTYtTlmw5gRw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fureaitenku/

Kofun Co., Ltd.

Representative Director: Tsunehisa Takeda

Location: 5-13-16 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo