One year after the Shurijo Castle fire Many people visited the site and thought about reconstruction October 31st 19:10

It has been 31 days since the fire at Shuri Castle in Okinawa.

As preparations were made for the reconstruction of the burnt down main hall, a large number of people visited the site on the 31st and thought about the reconstruction.

The fire at Shurijo Castle on October 31st last year burned down six buildings, including the main hall, and police and fire departments have concluded that the cause of the fire is likely to be an electrical system problem but cannot be identified.



On the 31st, one year after the fire, about 70 people including firefighters and castle guards participated in the fire extinguishing training in the early morning at Shurijo Castle.

At Shuri Castle, the annual "Shuri Castle Festival" begins on the 31st, and various events such as the appearance of the king and the queen appear in front of the building where the king's coronation ceremony was held during the Ryukyu Kingdom era. It was opened and crowded with many tourists and locals.



Many people come to see the reconstruction, and a woman in her 50s in Naha, who was watching the restoration work of the Great Dragon Pillar in front of the main hall, said, "I heard that today is just one year. I'm here. I'm lonely because the things that should have been there are gone, but I want them to recover as soon as possible. "



In addition, a man in his twenties who visited from Tokyo said, "I'm glad I knew how it was going to recover."



The country was aiming to rebuild the main hall six years later by 2026, and visitors were pondering the reconstruction one year after the fire.