Shuri Castle: Fire engulfs 500-year-old world heritage site in Japan

Heritage Politics: Shuri Castle and Okinawa’s Incorporation into Modern Japan, 1879–2000 (AsiaWorld) ======== A fire has destroyed the main structures of #Shuri Castle, a #Unesco World Heritage site on Japan’s southern island of #Okinawa. Firefighters have been battling the flames since early on Thursday. No injuries have been reported so far. The wooden castle, built 500 years ago in the Ryukyu Dynasty, was designated Japan’s national treasure in 1933. It was almost completely d