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Schoolchildren in Japan take virtual ride on A-bombed Hiroshima streetcar

news Schoolchildren in Japan take virtual ride on A-bombed Hiroshima streetcar The Mainichi © The Mainichi Students experience a virtual ride on an atomic bombed streetcar through a livestreamed video during an online school trip in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2021. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura) IKOMA, Nara Elementary schoolchildren in this western Japan city virtually rode an atomic bombed streetcar running through the city of Hiroshima on Feb. 16 as part of a school trip. Some 155 students in the sixth grade at Ikoma Municipal Asukano Elementary School virtually traveled on Hiroshima Electric Railway Co. s Type 650 No. 651 streetcar, which suffered damage in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing but is still running.

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Don t talk, eat! : Japan city mascot s posters urge dining out in silence

news Don t talk, eat! : Japan city mascot s posters urge dining out in silence The Mainichi NARA The official mascot of the city of Katsuragi in the western Japan prefecture of Nara has been attracting attention for her unique posters that urge people dining out to Don t talk. Eat! in a bid to prevent coronavirus infections. Mascot Renka-chan has lost opportunities to appear in public due to the spread of the new coronavirus so the city used her in posters it released in February. A city official said, In times like these, we want to use her power of communication, which is said to be stronger than the mayor s.

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Japan Photo Journal: Lantern festival held away from public at Kasuga Taisha shrine

news Japan Photo Journal: Lantern festival held away from public at Kasuga Taisha shrine The Mainichi © The Mainichi (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) The Setsubun Mantoro, or lantern festival, was celebrated on Feb. 2, 2021 at the Kasuga Taisha shrine away from the public due to the spread of the coronavirus. The annual event which has been held since a revival in 1888 takes place on the day of the Setsubun festival, and lanterns are lit on the shrine s grounds to pray for the safety of families and others. This year, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the number of lanterns that were lit up was reduced to 1,000, about one-third the usual total. At around 4:30 p.m., priests and shrine maidens wearing masks lit the hanging lanterns in the corridor, creating a fantastic glow in the deserted precincts. Hirotada Kasannoin, the chief priest of the shrine, said, I pray that many people will feel at peace and come back to this place to enjoy the lantern fes

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