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Kii Castle

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Kii Castle (Kii-jō or Kii-no-ki) was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) straddling Mt. Kizan (ja) where the border between the city of Chikushino, Fukuoka and the town of Kiyama, Saga Prefecture Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1937, and raised to a Special Historic Site since 1954.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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