About 1,800 people came together in northern Japan to pull a 360-tonne castle keep by hand. The Hirosaki Castle keep was moved in 2015 so its earthquake-damaged stone wall could undergo repairs. Now, using hikiya, a tech
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Hundreds of volunteers pull 360-tonne historic Japanese castle back into place by hand