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Yoshinogari site
🇯🇵 Japan · 4th century BC
Yoshinogari (吉野ヶ里 遺跡, Yoshinogari iseki) is a large and complex Yayoi period archaeological site located in the town of Yoshinogari and city of Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. According to the Yayoi chronology established by pottery seriations in the 20th century, Yoshinogari dates back to between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD. However, recent attempts to use absolute dating methods such as AMS radiocarbon dating have shown that the earliest Yayoi component of Yoshinogari dates back to before 400 BC.
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Yoshinogari site ranks #866 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #39 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded c. 400 BC, it is older than 99% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 12 atlas entries founded in the 4th century BC. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 10,561 times in the last 60 days, more than 93% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kumamoto, 65 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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Where is Yoshinogari site?
Yoshinogari site stands in Japan, at 33.325°, 130.384°.
When was Yoshinogari site built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 400 BC. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Yoshinogari site?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #866 of 8,134 worldwide, and #39 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 Yoshinogari site?
Kurume Castle, about 12 km away.
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