ILEA001184815: Sea of clouds

Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2024, shows snow crabs being unloaded at a port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, as the fishing season for the species began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan the day before.

Artificial sea of clouds at Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Castle in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto is surrounded by an artificial sea of clouds on Oct. 9, 2024, created to attract tourists.

Japan festival in London

Visitors gather at a tent promoting foods of Japan's Hokkaido during a Japan festival at Trafalgar Square in London on Oct. 6, 2024.

Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Fukui Prefecture's Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama is packed with visitors on Aug. 6, 2024. A record 1.18 million people visited the museum in the year following its July 2023 reopening after renovation, partly thanks to the extension of the bullet train service to the central Japan prefecture in March 2024.

Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Fukui Prefecture's Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama is packed with visitors on Aug. 6, 2024. A record 1.18 million people visited the museum in the year following its July 2023 reopening after renovation, partly thanks to the extension of the bullet train service to the central Japan prefecture in March 2024.