Japan enlists 1,800 people to drag a 360-tonne castle keep using ropes and rollers
What to know about Japan enlists 1,800 people to drag a 360-tonne castle keep using ropes and rollers
To chants of “so-re, so-re”, about 1,800 people came together in northern Japan over the weekend to pull a 360-tonne castle keep a little more than two metres closer to its original resting place as part of ongoing renovations.
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What happened
To chants of “so-re, so-re”, about 1,800 people came together in northern Japan over the weekend to pull a 360-tonne castle keep a little more than two metres closer to its original resting place as part of ongoing renovations.
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