Stones that had fallen from the castle wall, as well as gold-plated roof tiles that bore the family crest of the Toyotomi family, were discovered in the filled in moat. Hitoshi Nakai, a professor ...

So in one of the castle's attics—the one adjacent to the roof slated for the runway—prisoners created a workshop. Using shutters and mud made from attic dust, they constructed a false wall at ...

KUMAMOTO--Left devastated and in ruins by a spate of strong earthquakes seven years ago, iconic Kumamoto Castle is rising ... to the succession of roof tiles and walls that collapsed.