Volunteers joined work Monday to restore the historic Shuri Castle in Okinawa, which was destroyed by fire last year, cleaning the landmark's distinctive red roof tiles that are to be reused in reconstruction.In the volunteer work that had been delayed for nearly three weeks due to the coronavirus spread, around 50 participants began removing plaster from the roof tiles of the Hokuden north hall, Nanden south hall and the guardhouse, which were all burned to the ground.The main buildings of the castle, the trademark symbol of the southern island prefecture and located at a World Heritage si…READ FULL ARTICLE
