
'Daruma sunrise' entrances lensmen
A group of amateur photographers set their sights on an unusual rising sun.
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Lavish trips for the well-heeled
Japan is coming up with lavish trips to lure affluent foreign tourists.
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Monkeys walk a tightrope
Camera captures monkeys walking on an electric wire in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.
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Japan braves cold weather
A 120-meter-tall waterfall in Ibarakai Prefecture is about to freeze completely.
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Department store sells works of gold
A department store in Tokyo sells more than 1000 works made of gold.
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Huge tuna placed in shrine as offering
A huge tuna is placed in a shrine as an offering to business success in western Japan.
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Women play sumo, blindfolded
Women enact a rare style of blindfolded sumo in southwest Japan.
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Final Heisei eclipse wows
The last solar eclipse of the Heisei period wows people around Japan.
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Quake can't stop coming of age ceremony
New adults in a quake-hit town in southwest Japan celebrate their coming of age.
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Powerful quake rattles southwestern Japan
A M-5.1 earthquake shakes Kumamoto Prefecture, but leaves only minor damage.
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