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Plans to restore Kumamoto Castle remain up in the air

The roof tiles and stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle have been badly damaged by a series of quakes in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 26, 2016. Specific plans to restore the castle remain up in the air, with experts estimating it would take at least 10 years for completion, as it requires adequate financial resources and highly specialized techniques to rebuild the Edo-era stonewalls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plans to restore Kumamoto Castle remain up in the air

The roof tiles and stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle have been badly damaged by a series of quakes in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 26, 2016. Specific plans to restore the castle remain up in the air, with experts estimating it would take at least 10 years for completion, as it requires adequate financial resources and highly specialized techniques to rebuild the Edo-era stonewalls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake hits southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 15, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the damage inflicted to roof tiles and stonewalls at Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern city of Kumamoto, as a result of a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale on April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake hits southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 15, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the damage inflicted to roof tiles and stonewalls at Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern city of Kumamoto, as a result of a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale on April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake hits southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 15, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the damage inflicted to roof tiles and stonewalls at Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern city of Kumamoto, as a result of a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale on April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake damages stone wall of Kumamoto Castle

Photo taken April 15, 2016, shows collapsed stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto following a powerful earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake damages stone wall of Kumamoto Castle

Photo taken April 15, 2016, shows collapsed stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto following a powerful earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake damages stone wall of Kumamoto Castle

Photo taken April 15, 2016, shows collapsed stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto following a powerful earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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400-ton castle tower towed, repositioned for repair in north Japan

Work is under way to shift the position of the 14.4-meter-tall, 400-ton tower of Hirosaki Castle in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on Sept. 13, 2015, as part of the reconstruction of the castle's stonewalls. The tower is being towed about 70 meters away from its original position in a two-month project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stonewalls along the moat

View of the outer moat of Edo Castle looking south from the eastern edge of Tokiwa Bridge, with Gofuku Bridge in the distance to the south. The Gofuku-bashi Gomon Gate was removed in 1873, and the wooden bridge was replaced with a stone bridge in 1880. This photograph was therefore taken after 1880. The break in the middle of the stone wall on the right is the junction of the Dosan Moat and the outer moat. Zenikame Bridge is to the right.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐52‐0]