Japan enlists 1,800 people to drag a 360-tonne castle keep using ropes and rollers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/japan-1800-people-move-pull-400-tonne-hirosaki-castle-with-ropes

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decolo@piefed.social · 20 pts · 12d (1 reply)

That seems REALLY lightweight for a castle.

Kirp123@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 12d

It's just a small keep. Basically a building inside the castle walls.

trashboat@piefed.social · 14 pts · 12d

audaxdreik@pawb.social · 2 pts · 11d

This feels like a bullshit story my grampa would tell me:

GRAMPA: See that castle? It used to be over there. But we got the whole town to come together and roll it over here.

10y/o ME: Uh huh, sure grampa.