Dry moat believed part of ancient castle discovered

KYOTO, Japan - A dry moat, newly discovered in the ruins of Shoryuji Castle in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is opened to the press on July 30, 2014. Feudal Japanese warlord Hosokawa Tadaoki and his wife Tama, known as Garasha in history, spent their newly-married days at the castle, built on the site of what was believed to be Kotari Castle whose location has not been confirmed yet.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001204508

Registered date
2014/7/30 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2014 Kyodo News

Media size
1536 × 1764 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
728.96(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

CORRECTED: Kyoto tour boat with 30 aboard capsized

Tomoya Toyota (C), head of the Hozugawa Yusen Kigyo Kumiai river cruise operator, holds a press conference with two other executives on March 29, 2023, in Kyoto Prefecture's Kameoka. One of the company's traditional tourist boats capsized the day before in the Hozu River in the western Japan city, after becoming stranded while on a cruise with about 30 people on board.

CORRECTED: Kyoto tour boat with 30 aboard capsized

Tomoya Toyota (C), head of the Hozugawa Yusen Kigyo Kumiai river cruise operator, bows during a press conference with two other executives on March 29, 2023, in Kyoto Prefecture's Kameoka. One of the company's traditional tourist boats capsized the day before in the Hozu River in the western Japan city, after becoming stranded while on a cruise with about 30 people on board.

Kyoto tour boat with 30 aboard capsized

Tomoya Toyota, head of the Hozugawa Yusen Kigyo Kumiai river cruise operator, meets the press to explain how a boat overturned in the Hozu River on March 28, 2023, in Kyoto Prefecture's Kameoka, western Japan. One of the company's traditional tourist boats capsized the same day, after becoming stranded while on a cruise with about 30 people on board.

Kumamoto park creates moon-shaped loveseat bench for couples

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A couple sit together on a newly constructed bench at a park in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken on Nov. 22, 2014. As the Japanese name of the park's location sounds similar to "wife" in English, the city created the moon-shaped loveseat, for married couples in particular. At night, the spot is illuminated by yellowish street lights nearby and resembles sitting on a crescent moon when viewed from a certain angle.

Fixed main hall of World Heritage shrine in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The renovated main hall of Ujigami Shrine in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is shown on Dec. 24, 2014. The shrine, said to be the oldest existing Shinto shrine in Japan, is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Japanese researcher explains website for whistleblowers

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Hatta, a full-time lecturer at Surugadai University in Saitama Prefecture in eastern Japan, explains about the "whistleblowing.jp" website he developed at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014. The site, aimed at starting operations in 2015, uses the Tor anonymity software to protect the identity of a whistleblower and passes on the information in encrypted form to registered journalists and news media of a leaker's choice.

ASEAN arts festival for disabled held in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A group of hearing-impaired people from Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, gives a performance of Japanese drums during an Association of Southeast Asian Nations festival for the disabled in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Dec. 3, 2014. Some 160 people from ASEAN countries participated in the event, which runs through Dec. 7 in the Myanmar capital and Yangon.

Japanese couple seeking to retain 'washi' paper

GIFU, Japan - Takehisa Suzuki (R) receives advice on how to make "washi" Japanese paper from his wife and master specialist Toyomi in Mino, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 7, 2014. Suzuki has started the apprenticeship to preserve the traditional craft, decided to be registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage later in the month.

Japanese couple seeking to retain 'washi' paper

GIFU, Japan - Takehisa Suzuki (R) learns the traditional craft of "washi" Japanese paper making from his wife and master specialist Toyomi in Mino, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 7, 2014. Suzuki has started the apprenticeship to preserve washi making, decided to be registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage later in the month.

Renovation of Hirosaki Castle

AOMORI, Japan - Water removal begins Nov. 25, 2014, from the moat surrounding the central tower of Hirosaki Castle in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, ahead of a planned landfill of a moat area to repair the stone wall. The city government has decided to rebuild part of the wall, the first such work in about 100 years, after the discovery of a bulge, a sign of potential collapse, with the work expected to complete by the end of March 2024.