Fireball-like object flies over Okinawa
A fireball-like object is seen crossing the sky over Okinawa Prefecture on the evening of May 10, leaving a long trail o...
read moreCentral Alps open for the season
An opening ceremony is held in the Central Alps in Nagano Prefecture north of Tokyo to pray for the safety of the climbe...
read moreNature viewing held at Imperial Palace
Selected members of the general public get to see rare plants and other natural sceneries at the Imperial Palace.
read moreKurobe Gorge Railway partially opens in central Japan
The Kurobe Gorge Railway partially opens in central Japan, with tourists taking in the sceneries on open-air trains.
read moreSnow wall route reopens in central Japan
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in central Japan has fully reopened featuring snow walls up to 13 meters high.
read moreWhale washes ashore in eastern Japan
A whale measuring more than 10 meters long washes ashore in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.
read more"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.
read more32 dolphins washed ashore near Tokyo
32 dolphins get washed ashore near Tokyo, out of which 6 of them die and are carried into a research center.
read moreTemple 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...
read moreCherry blossoms enchant visitors in Washington DC
The symbol of Japan-US friendship is now in full bloom in Washington DC.
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