Japan dismantled a 400-year-old castle stone by stone before a dam flooded the valley, then rebuilt it exactly as it had stood centuries earlier

Kumamoto Castle is undergoing a significant restoration after the 2016 earthquake damaged its historic structure. Workers are ...
Yahoo

You Can Have a Japanese Castle of Your Own for $64K, but There’s a Twist

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Mauro Flamini/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Fans can buy a Japanese castle of their own for $64K, but ...
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 ...
AOL

Get an insider’s look at Japan’s famous castles

If I could time travel, I probably wouldn't choose Japan during the late 15th- to early 17th-centuries. Those were times of great upheaval and constant civil wars, as feudal lords (daimyo) staked out ...
CNN

Japanese castle town invites travelers to live a day in the life of a feudal lord

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Irish Sun

Six-storey Japanese castle with own restaurant and elevator hits market for just £47,000… but there’s a catch

A DIRT-CHEAP Japanese castle, which features its own restaurant and elevator, has been listed for sale with a catch. The six-storey fortress in Akabira, Hokkaido, is on the market for a sweet £47,000 ...
AOL

You Can Have a Japanese Castle of Your Own for $64K, but There’s a Twist

Fans can buy a Japanese castle of their own for $64K, but there is a twist to it. Notably, this concrete and steel structure was built in 1991 and spans 1,571 square meters. The six-story ...