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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

Men posing as monk soldiers chop green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2026.

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years old comes into full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A full-bloomed cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years is illuminated in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years old comes into full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Ancient cherry tree in Japan

A cherry tree estimated to be over 1,000 years old comes into full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2026. With its flowers spreading in all directions from the branches, the government-protected tree is known as the "waterfall cherry tree of Miharu."

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Fire festival in western Japan

A man wearing an ogre costume takes part in the annual "Dadaoshi" fire festival, dating back 1,000 years, at Hase temple in Sakurai in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026.

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Fire festival in western Japan

A man wearing an ogre costume takes part in the annual "Dadaoshi" fire festival, dating back 1,000 years, at Hase temple in Sakurai in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Giant ginkgo tree in fall foliage

A giant ginkgo tree, over 1,000 years old, is in fall foliage at Sairen-ji temple in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2024.

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Giant ginkgo tree in fall foliage

A giant ginkgo tree, over 1,000 years old, is in fall foliage at Sairen-ji temple in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2024.

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Giant ginkgo tree in fall foliage

A giant ginkgo tree, over 1,000 years old, is in fall foliage at Sairen-ji temple in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

FUKAURA, Japan, Nov. 25 Kyodo - A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters. (Kyodo)

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2024.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree that is over 1,000 years old is lit up in Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree that is over 1,000 years old is lit up in Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree that is over 1,000 years old is lit up in Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree that is over 1,000 years old is lit up in Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Tourists treated to view of giant cherry blossoms tree

MIHARU, Japan - A 13.5-meter-high waterfall-like cherry tree is lit up in Miharu in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on the evening of April 14. The tree called Takizakura (Waterfall cherry blossoms) is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.

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Tourists treated to view of giant cherry blossom tree

MIHARU, Japan - Tourists admire a 13.5-meter-high waterfall-like cherry tree with its blossoms in full bloom in Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 14. The tree called Takizakura (Waterfall cherry blossoms) is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.

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Police look for missing tsunami victims in coastal zone

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Police officers comb a coastal area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in search of more than 1,000 missing people in the northeastern Japanese prefecture on Aug. 11, 2014, three years and five months since the 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Samurai-style procession at Nikko Toshogu shrine

NIKKO, Japan - More than 1,000 citizens dressed in samurai costumes parade in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during the Nikko Toshogu shrine's festival on May 18, 2014. The festival dates back more than 400 years.

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UNICEF chief meets students in disaster-hit Japan region

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.N. Children's Fund Executive Director Anthony Lake (far L) meets students in front of a stone monument at Onagawa Junior High School in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 25, 2014. Students set up the monument, with the words "Onagawa stone monument of life -- To protect lives 1,000 years after" inscribed on it, to pass down lessons from the deadly 2011 tsunami to younger generations.

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Horse chase festival in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - A warrior procession marches on a street in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 28, 2012, in a wild horse chase festival. The three-day Soma Nomaoi, a traditional event dating back more than 1,000 years, began in an almost fully reinstated form after it was scaled down last year in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Horse chase festival in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - A warrior procession marches on a street in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 28, 2012, in a wild horse chase festival. The three-day Soma Nomaoi, a traditional event dating back more than 1,000 years, began in an almost fully reinstated form after it was scaled down last year in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Horse chase festival in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - A warrior procession marches on a street in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 28, 2012, in a wild horse chase festival. The three-day Soma Nomaoi, a traditional event dating back more than 1,000 years, began in an almost fully reinstated form after it was scaled down last year in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Horse chase festival in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - A warrior procession starts from Soma Nakamura Shrine in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 28, 2012, in a wild horse chase festival. The three-day Soma Nomaoi, a traditional event dating back more than 1,000 years, began in an almost fully reinstated form after it was scaled down last year in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Queen's diamond jubilee pageant on Thames

LONDON, Britain - A boat carrying Queen Elizabeth II travels down the River Thames in London on June 3, 2012, in a pageant celebrating 60 years since her coronation. The pageant of about 1,000 boats was the highlight of a sequence of events celebrating the 86-year-old queen's diamond jubilee.

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Queen's diamond jubilee pageant on Thames

LONDON, Britain - Boats travel down the River Thames in London on June 3, 2012, in a pageant celebrating 60 years since the coronation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The pageant of about 1,000 boats was the highlight of a sequence of events celebrating the 86-year-old queen's diamond jubilee.

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Mitsubishi Aircraft eyes sales of MRJ in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hideo Egawa (C) speaks during a press conference at an airport near Paris, the venue of an international air show, on June 21, 2011. The company is aiming to sell over the next 20 years more than 1,000 Mitsubishi Regional Jet planes, the first small passenger jet built in Japan, with 30 percent of the sales targeted for Europe.

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1,000-year-old cherry in full bloom in Fukushima Pref.

MIHARU, Japan - A cherry tree, believed to be over 1,000 years old, comes into full bloom in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. The 13.5-meter-high cherry tree, known as one of the three most beautiful cherry trees in Japan, attracts numerous visitors every year.

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1,000-year-old cherry in full bloom in Fukushima Pref.

MIHARU, Japan - Visitors view a cherry tree, believed to be over 1,000 years old, in full bloom in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. The 13.5-meter-high cherry tree attracts numerous visitors every year.

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Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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Shani Davis prepares for Vancouver Olympics

RICHMOND, Canada - Shani Davis of the United States practices at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 7, 2010. The 27-year-old, who will skate in all five men's individual speed skating events at the Vancouver Olympics, said he is in better shape than he was four years ago when he won the gold medal in the 1,000 meters and silver in the 1,500 meters at the Turin Olympics.

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Kyoto's Gion Festival reaches climax

KYOTO, Japan - Decorated floats parade through a street in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto on July 17 as the annual Gion Festival reaches its climax. Thirty-two floats participated in the festival, which has a history of over 1,000 years.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto reaches climax

KYOTO, Japan - A decorated float parades through a street in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto on July 17 as the annual Gion Festival reaches its climax. Thirty-two decorated floats participated in the festival which has a history of over 1,000 years.

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Jidai Matsuri festival held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - People dressed in historical costumes celebrate Kyoto's history of more than 1,000 years as Japan's ancient capital, leaving the Heian Shrine on Oct. 22 for the Kyoto Imperial Palace to mark the annual Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Eras).

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A decorated float moves through a street in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on July 17 as the annual Gion Festival, which has a history of over 1,000 years, reaches its climax. A total of 32 floats took part in the festival.

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Floats parade at Gion Festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - People pulling a gorgeously decorated float change its direction during a parade of 32 floats down the street in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on July 17 as the annual Gion Festival, which has a history of over 1,000 years, reaches its climax.

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Floats parade at Gion Festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A gorgeously decorated float leads a parade of 32 floats down the street in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on July 17 as the annual Gion Festival, which has a history of over 1,000 years, reaches its climax.

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'Soma Nomaoi Festival draws tourists

HARAMACHI, Japan - Thousands of tourists and locals watch horses carrying armed warriors run in the field in Haramachi, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24 in the annual 'Soma Nomaoi Festival' that dates back more than 1,000 years.

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Parade of decorated floats in Kyoto's Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan - One of 32 gorgeously decorated floats parades down the street in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on July 17 as the annual Gion Festival, which has a history of over 1,000 years, reaches its climax.