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Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 21 January 2018 Page Views: 990

Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Nakijin-jō Alternative Name: Nakijin-jo Nakijin Gusuku 今帰仁城今帰仁グスク
Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Nakijin-son (Okinawa Pref.) Nearest Village: Imadomari 今泊
Latitude: 26.691020N Longitude: 127.930330E
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

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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**Nakijin-jō** submitted by Aska : Site in Japan The view of the main courtyards from the inner courtyard. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Japan

Part of a UNESCO World Heritage, the greatest Gusuku hillfort in the northern Okinawa island. The triangle shaped hillfort consists of 7 coutyards sandwiched by the outer and the inner courtyards. It also has several satellite facilities, one of them Mīmun Gusuku, a rectangular stone-piled mound, lies on a cliff 400m northbound away from the hillfort(26.69425N,127.93027E).

Open all year long, 8:00-18:00 (-19:00 in summer). Admission 400 Japanese Yen.

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