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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Shuri-jō Alternative Name: 首里城 Shuri-joCountry: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Naha (Okinawa pref.) Nearest Village: Shuri-Tōnokurachō 首%
Latitude: 26.216460N Longitude: 127.719260E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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sirius_b visited on 22nd Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5 main buildings destroyed by fire in October 2019. Will be reconstructed but this will take years. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle#2019_fire. A tragic loss, it had taken decades to re-build it after the destruction during WWII. We were lucky to visit it just days before the fire – one of the most spectacular reconstructions I have ever seen.
Surrounded by stone walls like other Gusuku hillforts on the Okinawan islands, it contains fine gardens.
Admission 820 Japanese yen, open 8:00-19:00 (closing time varies by seasons), closed on the 1st wednesday and thursday in July. The official site in English.
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