Kōra-san Kōgoishi

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Kōra-san kōgoshi was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) located in the Mii neighborhood of the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1953, with the area under protection expanded in 1976 and again in 1989. It is also referred to as the Kōra-san castle ruins, as modern historians tend to discredit earlier theories that similar sites (i.e. kōgoishi were primarily religious in nature).

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