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Japan Recruited 1,800 People to Pull a 396-Ton Castle Back into Place, and the Video Is Wild

Volunteers used ropes and a traditional building-moving technique to shift Hirosaki Castle after years of restoration work.

Japan enlists 1,800 people to pull a 360-tonne castle keep by hand

Japan enlists 1,800 people to pull a 360-tonne castle keep more than two metres by hand - The Hirosaki Castle keep was moved ...
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In Japan, 1,000 individuals collaborate to reposition a 400-ton castle keep, shifting it 78 meters back to its original site for restoration

On Sunday, approximately 1,000 individuals in Japan collaborated to reposition the 400-ton keep of Hirosaki Castle to its original site.
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Japan dismantled a 400-year-old castle stone by stone before a dam flooded the valley, then rebuilt it exactly as it had stood centuries earlier

TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jul 11, 2026, 18:39 IST ...