After a decade-long restoration, 1,800 volunteers took turns pulling a 400-ton Japanese castle with ropes; 8,000 people had applied for the chance to help move it

• The mass effort in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, saw participants take turns pulling the three-storey timber tower back towards the stone foundation wall from which it had been moved in 2015.
• According to Smithsonian Magazine, organisers received about 8,000 applications for the 1,800 volunteer places, making the event fou