Ōno Castle (Chikuzen)

Ōno Castle (大野城, Ōno-jō) 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 and Dazaifu, and the town of Umi, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1932, and raised to a Special Historic Site since 1953 with the area under protection expanded in 2012. The name of Ōnojō City comes from this castle; however, approximately 80% of the castle area is within the boundaries of Umi Town.

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Ōno Castle (Chikuzen) ranks #2,924 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #156 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 665, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 31 atlas entries founded in the 7th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,452 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kumamoto, 84 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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