100 people involved in transferring castle tower

100 people involved in transferring castle tower

Around 100 people pull on ropes to tow the 400-ton Hirosaki Castle tower on Sept. 20, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Hirosaki. The municipal government is transferring the tower for renovation of its stonewall foundations, and the participants moved it by about 15 centimeters in five minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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