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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Japan enlists 1,800 people to pull a 360-tonne castle more than two metres by hand

About 1,800 people in northern Japan have helped move a 360-tonne castle more than two metres by hand as part of a major preservation project.

Rotating teams pulled on 30-metre ropes attached to the Hirosaki Castle keep in Aomori prefecture, moving it 1.13m on Saturday and another 1.09m on Sunday.

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