Kumanichi reports that scaffolding is being removed from the castle’s main keep as exterior restoration is complete, 2.5 years after the quakes. The reconstructed keep includes earthquake-proofing features such as X-bars. Preliminary visits are expected to commence from October of next year, and, uh, complete completion in 2021.
A funny story my wife told me: as we walked by, she heard a worker call out in Kumamoto dialect 「はまったばい！」, which means “It fits!” Work on the stone walls continues apace, with 107 of 790 stones of the main keep’s walls returned to their original positions. Now is the time to view them, each carefully numbered, before they are returned. - William
