Japan enlists 1,800 people to drag a 360-tonne castle keep using ropes and rollers
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Tue, 25 August 2026
4 reports- The Guardian World01:10
After repairs to Hirosaki Castle in Aomori prefecture, officials employed a technique known as hikiya to move the structure more than two metres 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. The keep – a fortified tower within a castle – had to be moved to repair a wall that was damaged in a major earthquake....
- Index.hr (Croatia)06:31first to report
OKO 1800 ljudi u Japanu sudjelovalo je u pomicanju 360 tona teške kule dvorca Hirosaki. Kula se vraća na izvorno mjesto nakon obnove zida tradicionalnom tehnikom hikiya.
- 24sata (Croatia)07:15
Za sudionike, povlačenje dvorca bilo je više od fizičkog napora; bio je to emotivan i nezaboravan čin sudjelovanja u povijesti...
- Dnevnik.hr (Croatia)08:58
Wed, 26 August 2026
3 reports- Euronews08:03
More than 1,000 volunteers pull Japan’s Hirosaki Castle back to its original site in Aomori after a decade of renovation work on the 400-year-old keep.
- Al Jazeera English08:46
Thousands in Japan are pulling this historic castle back into place
- Le Figaro (France)11:26
VIDÉO - 1.800 personnes se sont portées volontaires pour aider à transporter le château d’Hirosaki à la force de leurs bras, au nord du Japon. La technique appelée hikiya doit permettre au bâtiment, déplacé pour travaux, de retrouver sa place.
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- iDNES (Czechia)14:46
Za skandování „so-re, so-re“ se o uplynulém víkendu v severním Japonsku sešlo asi 1 800 lidí, aby v rámci probíhajících restaurátorských prací posunuli 360tunovou věž hradu Hirosaki o něco více než dva metry blíže k jejímu původnímu umístění. Úřady místo těžké techniky využily techniku známou jako „hikija“
Sun, 30 August 2026
2 reports- NYT World04:22
In Japan, the ancient tradition of hikiya involves moving buildings with ropes and rollers. About 4,000 people teamed up to try it on Hirosaki Castle.
- Google News - Top Stories05:28
The People of Hirosaki, Japan, Try to Move a Castle by Hand The New York Times 1,800 Volunteers Pull a 400-Ton Japanese Castle Keep Back Toward Its Original Location After a Decade of Restoration Work Smithsonian Magazine Japan enlists 1,800 people to drag a 360-tonne castle keep using ropes and rollers The Guardian Could your house be a mobile home? Apollo – The International Art Magazine Is it possible to move a 360-ton castle tower by hand? Japan just did Kursiv Media Казахстан: последние...
Mon, 31 August 2026
2 reports- Japan Times06:54
The project has helped bring together the residents of Hirosaki and revived interest in the castle, which was first moved in 2015 after an earthquake damaged a wall beneath it.
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)07:11
Lutrijom su izabrani građani koji su sudjelovali u preseljenju dvorca