Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

Fire drill at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

A fire drill is held at Shuri Castle under reconstruction in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 31, 2025, the sixth anniversary of a fire that gutted the castle on the UNESCO World Heritage site.

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