A fire has spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the Unesco World Heritage site. Jun Hirata Smoke and flames rise from burning Shuri Castle in Naha. "But I also feel strongly that we must reconstruct Shuri Castle, a symbol of the Ryukyu Kingdom filled with our history and culture." Kurayoshi Takara, a historian at the University of the Ryukyus who helped reconstruct Shuri Castle, said he was speechless when he saw the fire. Shuri Castle is not just about the buildings, but it reconstructed all the details, even including equipment inside."

Source: Stuff October 31, 2019 20:03 UTC