Fire-hit Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Fire-hit Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Scaffolding is set up around a partially damaged dragon pole at Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 27, 2020. The main buildings at the World Heritage site were burned down in a predawn fire on Oct. 31, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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