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Snake festival in eastern Japan

About 300 high school students carry a snake-shaped float during a festival at the Oigami hot spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 9, 2025, the year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac. The float, 108 meters long, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest snake float used for a festival.

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Snake festival in eastern Japan

About 300 high school students carry a snake-shaped float during a festival at the Oigami hot spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 9, 2025, the year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac. The float, 108 meters long, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest snake float used for a festival.

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Snake festival in eastern Japan

About 300 high school students carry a snake-shaped float during a festival at the Oigami hot spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 9, 2025, the year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac. The float, 108 meters long, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest snake float used for a festival.

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Snake festival in eastern Japan

About 300 high school students carry a snake-shaped float during a festival at the Oigami hot spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 9, 2025, the year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac. The float, 108 meters long, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest snake float used for a festival.

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, Japan - People pray at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kazutaka Sato prays in front of a cenotaph at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved family members, including Sato, of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved families of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom). At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom), when people offer prayers there. At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing.

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Children lost in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces observe a moment of silence in front of Okawa Elementary School, of which 74 out of 108 students are dead or missing since the March 11 tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Okawa reopened for a new school year the same day in a rented space in a nearby elementary school, as its facility has been damaged by the disaster.

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Children lost in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces observe a moment of silence in front of Okawa Elementary School, of which 74 out of 108 students are dead or missing since the March 11 tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Okawa reopened for a new school year the same day in a rented space in a nearby elementary school, as its facility has been damaged by the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Children lost in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer flowers in front of an entrance of Okawa elementary school, where 70 percent of its 108 students were killed or went missing in the March 11 tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 13, 2011. A father, who lost his sixth-grade daughter, blamed the school for failing to evacuate its students promptly. (Kyodo)

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom). At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom), when people offer prayers there. At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing. (Kyodo)

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2016, shows the tsunami-damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of its 13 teachers and officials died in the 2011 disaster. The Sendai District Court ordered local authorities on the day to pay damages to some of the families of the dead children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2016, shows the tsunami-damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of its 13 teachers and officials died in the 2011 disaster. The Sendai District Court ordered local authorities on the day to pay damages to some of the families of the dead children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo