War-themed Santa Claus in Kobe

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022, in Kobe in western Japan, shows a Santa Claus figure in a bulletproof vest and helmet atop the Uroko no Ie in the historical Kitano Ijinkan district. The annual "Sesou" Santa display sums up the year's events.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001058269

Registered date
2022/11/17 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2022 Kyodo News

Media size
2806 × 2939 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
1.05(MB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Encounter Continues In Nowpora Sopore

Journalists are helping their colleague put on a bulletproof vest before covering an encounter in Nowpora Sopore, Baramulla District, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto)

Ukrainian restaurant in Osaka

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2023, shows a restaurant serving traditional Ukrainian home cooking that opened in the western Japan city of Osaka in July with Ukrainian evacuees working as staff.

Baseball-themed Santa Claus in Kobe

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023, shows a Santa Claus figure wearing a Hanshin Tigers baseball jersey atop the Uroko no Ie in the historical Kitano Ijinkan district of the western Japan city of Kobe. The annual "Sesou" Santa display highlights the year's notable events.

28th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 2023, the 28th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan port city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people.

Coming of Age Day in Japan

Women dressed in kimono and men in suits pose for a photo at Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Urayasu near Tokyo on Japan's Coming of Age Day national holiday on Jan. 9, 2023, as a "Hatachi no Tsudoi" (gathering of 20-year-olds) ceremony is held there. Many municipalities have changed the name of their coming-of-age ceremonies since Japan lowered the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 in April 2022.

War-themed Santa Claus in Kobe

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022, in Kobe in western Japan, shows a Santa Claus figure in a bulletproof vest and helmet atop the Uroko no Ie in the historical Kitano Ijinkan district. The annual "Sesou" Santa display sums up the year's events.

Art museum adorned with figures mimicking newsmakers

KOBE, Japan - Christmas decorations mimicking newsmakers in 2014 are put up at "Uroko no Ie" (House of Fish Scales), a Western-style house museum in the historical Kitano district of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2014. The centerpiece Santa Claus figure was modeled on a former assemblyman in the western Japan prefecture whose hysterical weeping at a press conference was widely circulated on the Internet. (Kyodo)

Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17 for a three-day run, heralding the arrival of the end of the year. Among them are battledores featuring pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has signed a six-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, and Olympic figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa.

Santa Claus visits Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A child watches as a ray passes over a scuba-diving Santa Claus at an Osaka aquarium on Nov. 17.

Dolls reflecting events in 2005 unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo doll maker Nov. 17 unveils a pair of dolls (bottom, R) based on the Nov. 15 wedding of Princess Sayako and another pair (bottom, L) depicting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who won a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election. The dolls will go on public display Jan. 7-March 3, 2005.