"Spring Quartet" full bloom in central Japan

"Spring Quartet" full bloom in central Japan

Visitors enjoy a beautiful landscape of tulips, rape blossoms and cherry blossoms and snowy mountains in central Japan.

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Digital art illumination on cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Digital art illumination on cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo will be lit up at night, featuring digital art such as projec...

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Tokyu's tourism train to make regional excursion

Tokyu's tourism train to make regional excursion

Railway operator Tokyu's tourism train that normally operates in eastern Japan will make a regional excursion to the wes...

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Temple cherry blossoms lit up in western Japan

Temple cherry blossoms lit up in western Japan

Cherry blossoms at Miidera, a Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, are lit up at night for a limited time...

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Railfans experience rare ride on shinkansen test train

Railfans experience rare ride on shinkansen test train

Lucky railfans get a rare chance to ride aboard the Shinkansen bullet train test engine “Doctor Yellow”.

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Japan to allow passport renewal online

Japan to allow passport renewal online

Japan will start accepting online applications to renew passports.

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Samurai Japan returns to hero's welcome

Samurai Japan returns to hero's welcome

Samurai Japan players return to a hero's welcome at Narita Airport, east of Tokyo, following their victory at the World ...

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Okinawa food market reopens after rebuilding

Okinawa food market reopens after rebuilding

A food market in the capital of Okinawa Prefecture reopens following a four-year rebuilding project.

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Fire swinging ritual at shrine in southwestern Japan

Fire swinging ritual at shrine in southwestern Japan

A fire swinging ritual takes place at a Shinto shrine in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to wish for bountiful ...

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Record early start for Tokyo's cherry blossoms -- because of global warming

Record early start for Tokyo's cherry blossoms -- because of global warming

Tokyo sees another record early start for its cherry blossom season. Weather officials say it's because of global warmin...

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