In Japan, 1800 people pull a 360-ton castle tower with ropes About 1,800 people came together in northern Japan over the weekend to pull the 360-tonne keep of Hirosaki Castle more than two metres towards its original position as part of an ongoing restoration project.Chanting "so-re, so-re", participants used ropes to move the historic structure in Aomori prefecture. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• In Japan, 1800 people pull a 360-ton castle tower with ropesS1

• About 1,800 people came together in northern Japan over the weekend to pull the 360-tonne keep of Hirosaki Castle more than two metres towards its original position as part of an ongoing restoration project.Chanting "so-re, so-re", participants used ropes to m...S2