A castle in the clouds?

Fall weather makes a 'castle in the sky' in Fukui Prefecture appear to sit atop a sea of clouds.

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NBC News – (NTV) - Early risers in central Japanese town of Ono were treated to spectacular scenery Sunday when a historic mountaintop castle appeared to be floating on a sea of clouds.

The castle is more than 800 feet above sea level, but when the weather conditions are just right, the mountaintop fortress appears to tower above Ono.

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Locals call the phenomenon the "castle in the sky."

The scene only appears around ten days a year.

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