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Tachibana Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 14th century

Tachibana Castle in Japan
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Tachibanayama Castle (立花山城, Tachibanayama-jō) was a Japanese castle in Chikuzen Province, in the north of Kyūshū. It was at the peak of Mount Tachibana, extending in part into the Higashi-ku in Fukuoka. The castle is also known as Rikka-jō, Tachibana-jō, or Rikkasan-jō.

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Tachibana Castle ranks #3,765 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #198 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1330, it is older than 64% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 312 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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