Gizmodo

Here’s How You Move a 400-Ton, 404-Year-Old Japanese Castle

400: That’s about how many years old Japan’s Hirosaki Castle is. It’s also how many tons it weighs. And yet it was successfully lifted two feet in the air and 230 feet down the road. That’s the insane ...
Wall Street Journal

Heavy Lift: 400-Ton Historic Castle in Japan Gets Moved

A 400-year-old Japanese castle has been lifted 60 centimeters (two feet) from the ground to allow for reconstruction of the stone walls beneath it. According to Hirosaki City in Aomori prefecture, ...
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Snow-covered cherry blossom trees, castle moat in north Japan illuminated in pink

HIROSAKI, Aomori -- Snow-covered cherry blossom trees and a castle moat in this northern Japan city are currently lit up in pink in the evenings, to the delight of visitors. The "Fuyu ni Saku Sakura" ...
Stars and Stripes

Where the blossoms bloom, 2000

Hirosaki, Japan, March 2000: Under cover of night, cherry blossom trees lining the moat surrounding Hirosaki Castle in northern Japan lend a warm glow. Want to know where you can still see the cherry ...