Stand-alone photo: Japan dolls
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Hina dolls of newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are displayed in the shop of famous doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo, on Wednesday, ahead of the Hina Matsuri doll festival on March 3. The firm, which singles out people expected to be in the news each year, selected Biden and Harris in the hope that the change in the U.S. administration will lead to a restoration of world order. The dolls are not for sale.Japan News-Yomiuri
Stand-alone photo: Hina dolls of newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are displayed in the shop of famous doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo, on Wednesday, ahead of the Hina Matsuri doll festival on March 3. The firm, which singles out people expected to be in the news each year, selected Biden and Harris in the hope that the change in the U.S. administration will lead to a restoration of world order. The dolls are not for sale.
Stand-alone photo: Japan coral
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A diver swims near a table coral colony growing near Sokodo Beach on Hachijo Island, Japan, on Dec. 15. The area is drawing attention as a place where corals and humans live in close proximity to each other. In the late 1980s, wave-dissipating blocks were placed about 300 meters offshore to prevent erosion of the nearby beach. They also protect the corals from waves, allowing them to grow. During the same period, two surveys were conducted on the corals growing near the island, but the area near the beach, on the inside of the wave-dissipating blocks, was not included, according to the Environment Ministry. The growth of such a large coral colony could be attributed to the wave-dissipating blocks, which have created an environment similar to a reef, said Takeshi Igarashi, director of the Shell Hall, Mutsu city sea and forest experience center in Aomori Prefecture, who researched coral on the island from 1984 to 2005. The corals
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Stand-alone photo: Gold display
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A golden statue of the deity Daikokuten riding an ox is seen at an exhibition of about 1,000 golden items at a Mitsukoshi department store in Hiroshima, Japan. The Dai Ogon-ten, or Great Gold Exhibition, is an annual event.Japan News-Yomiuri
Stand-alone photo: A golden statue of the deity Daikokuten riding an ox is seen at an exhibition of about 1,000 golden items at a Mitsukoshi department store in Hiroshima, Japan. The Dai Ogon-ten, or Great Gold Exhibition, is an annual event. Newsletter signup
Japan shopping street lures tourists with goldfish
Sawako Yamaguchi, The Japan News
Jan. 22, 2021
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1of3Children watch demekin goldfish swim in an aquarium in front of a clock store along the Koriyama Yanagimachi shopping street in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan.Japan News-YomiuriShow MoreShow Less
2of3Hakomotokan Konya is a museum housed in a renovated townhouse that once belonged to indigo dyeing merchants.Japan News-YomiuriShow MoreShow Less
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YAMATO-KORIYAMA, Nara, Japan - Goldfish swim along the shopping street in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, as if the main drag is one giant aquarium.
The 600-meter-long passage is lined with long-established kimono shops, public baths, restaurants and other stores. Inside the 28 shops are 30 water tanks of various shapes and sizes, in which a total of about 250 goldfish of 30 different species swim around to the delight the shoppers and tourists.