Castle
Oka Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 12th century
Oka Castle (岡城, Oka-jō) was a Sengoku to Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Taketa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2023.
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Oka Castle ranks #2,504 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #124 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1185, it is older than 84% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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