The southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa got a colorful blast from the past on Tuesday, when a Ryukyu dynasty parade was held in Naha City.

The event typically takes place every November 3, which is Japan's Culture Day. However, it was canceled in 2019 due to a fire at Shuri Castle, and also in 2018 due to heavy rains.

A collection of antique Japanese porcelain kept at an Austrian castle will be exhibited in Tokyo from Tuesday after undergoing restoration.

Works of Koimari, or Old-Imari, collected by the owner of Loosdorf Castle in eastern Austria some 300 years ago had been preserved at the castle. But most of them were broken to pieces in the confusion surrounding the end of World War Two.

People in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have marked one year since a fire burned down a main hall and other buildings at Shuri Castle.

About 70 people took part in a fire extinguishing drill at the site on Saturday morning.

An illumination in the shape of Shuri Castle's main hall has been set up in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, as part of a project to rebuild the monument that was destroyed in a fire nearly one year ago.

Senior high school students led the countdown for the unveiling of the LED-illuminated structure at a commercial complex in Naha City on Wednesday night.

Workers have begun full-scale restoration work on two dragon-shaped pillars that survived a fire at Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture last year.

The restoration work is open to the public. It began on Friday, ahead of the first anniversary of the fire on October 31. The blaze burned down the castle's main buildings.

An iconic tomcat that serves as the "lord" of an ancient castle in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, is trying to fulfill his duty of greeting tourists in the intense heat.

Bicchu Matsuyama Castle is located in the city of Takahashi, which had a daytime high of 37.1 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Temperatures in the city topped 35 degrees for 18 days in a row.

A crowdfunding project to rebuild the fire-destroyed Shuri Castle in Okinawa is to end on Tuesday, having raised funds far exceeding the initial target.

The castle in the city of Naha was mostly destroyed in a massive fire last October.

Work has begun to rebuild Okinawa's Shuri Castle after a fire destroyed its main structures last year.

The World Heritage-listed site in the city of Naha was mostly destroyed in a massive fire in October.