I don’t speak or read Japanese, but I find this process fascinating. I wish you had English subtitles. Anyway, thank you for sharing this project. It’s amazing to watch.
I understood a lot of what was happening even though I do not understand Japanese. It was a project to restore the platform that a castle is built on. It was carefully planned. It was almost like an archeological dig. Each outside stone was numbered so that it could be put back in the exact same place. The interior was earth and rubble filled. When they were taking out the old rubble they found some pieces of art work, stone lanterns, and pieces of previous structures. At a dedication cerimony visitors were allowed to sign or write messages on stones that were later placed in the rubble fill. Cement was used to put stones, that had cracked, back together. That was the only cement used.
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Thank you! I am the creator of this video. I'm so glad someone from overseas saw it!
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It's not cement. Cement cracks after about 50 years. I believe it was an epoxy filler.