Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Honen Odori" festival to pray for a good harvest in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2014.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001206470
  • Registered date
  • 2014/9/08 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3065 × 2298 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.18(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Swimming season begins at beach in Kagoshima Pref.

    Swimming season begins at beach in Kagoshima Pref.

    A Shinto ritual is held at a beach on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 11, 2024, as the beach opens for swimming the same day.
      Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

      Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

      Photo taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
        Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

        Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

        A humpback whale is seen during a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2024.
          Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

          Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

          Photo taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
            "Oshima tsumugi" Kagoshima fabric

            "Oshima tsumugi" Kagoshima fabric

            People wearing kimono made of "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee walk in a commercial district in Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 5, 2024, to promote the specialty of the southwestern Japan city.
              Indian coral tree in full bloom in southwestern Japan

              Indian coral tree in full bloom in southwestern Japan

              The flowers of Erythrina trees, commonly known as tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, that are 300 years old, in the town of Setouchi on Kakeroma Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at full bloom on May 16, 2023.
                Indian coral tree in full bloom in southwestern Japan

                Indian coral tree in full bloom in southwestern Japan

                The flowers of Erythrina trees, commonly known as tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, that are 300 years old, in the town of Setouchi on Kakeroma Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at full bloom on May 16, 2023.
                  Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

                  Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

                  Photo shows Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms emitting greenish light in woods in the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island on the night of April 21, 2023.
                    Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

                    Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

                    Photo shows Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms emitting greenish light in woods in the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island on the night of April 21, 2023.
                      Good harvest festival in northeastern Japan

                      Good harvest festival in northeastern Japan

                      A man is splashed with cold water in a river during a festival to pray for a good harvest at a Buddhist temple in the northeastern Japan city of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2023.