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Okō Castle
🇯🇵 Japan
Okō Castle (岡豊城, Okō-jō) was a Japanese castle structure located in what is now part of the city of Nankoku Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It was the original base of power for the Chōsokabe clan who were feudal lords of Tosa Province during the late Muromachi and Sengoku periods and famous as the birthplace of the warlord Chōsokabe Motochika. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2008.
Text adapted from “Okō Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Okō Castle ranks #3,920 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #198 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,358 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 15 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Shikoku. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Okō Castle?
Okō Castle stands in Japan, at 33.59496°, 133.62249°.
How famous is Okō Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,920 of 8,134 worldwide, and #198 in Japan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Okō Castle?
Kōchi Castle, about 9 km away.
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