Japan · 7th century
Mizuki Castle (水城跡, Mizuki-jō ato) was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) straddling the border of the cities of Ōnojō, Dazaifu, and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1921, and raised to a Special National Historic Site since 1953 with the area under protection expanded in 2013.
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Mizuki ranks #1,986 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #122 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 664, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 39 atlas entries founded in the 7th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,138 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kumamoto, 82 km away. It is one of the 37 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kyushu. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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