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Fire brigades demonstrate traditional ladder-top stunts

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group preserving Japanese traditional firefighting techniques celebrate the New Year by demonstrating ladder-top stunts dating back to the Edo period (1600-1868) during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department at Ariake district in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2010.

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15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

KATSUURA, Japan - A girl sucks her thumb besides some 15,000 dolls put on display for the annual ''Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' that began in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The doll festival is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The practice of displaying dolls dates to early in the Edo era (1600-1868). Parents present their daughter with a set of hina dolls and the daughter takes them when she marries.

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Year's first day of business for firefighters

TOKYO, Japan - Firemen display their ladder climbing technique in a traditional ceremony marking the year's first day of business held by the Metropolitan Fire Defense Agency in Tokyo's Ariake district on Jan. 2. The skill dates back to the Edo period (1600-1868).

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Dressed Korean students parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - About 150 students from South Korea, dressed as members of a Korean tributary mission sent to Japan during the Edo Period (1600-1868), parade along the Omotesando Avenue in Tokyo on Aug. 25. The envoy or the head of the delegation is seated in the palanquin carried by bearers. Korea sent a total of 12 delegations to Japan during the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The last visit took place in 1811. The students organized the parade as part of events marking the FIFA 2002 World Cup finals co-hoted by Japan and South Korea.

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Fire brigades demonstrate traditional ladder-top stunts

TOKYO, Japan - Hikeshi or fire fighters demonstrate their traditional ladder-top stunts dating back to the Edo period (1600-1868) during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department at Tokyo's Ariake on Jan. 6. Edo (now Tokyo) had 48 hikeshi units, each comprising a commander, assistants, standard bearers, ladder carriers and plain firemen, who were mobilized especially when wrecking buildings to create fire-breaks.

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Fire brigades demonstrate traditional ladder-top stunts

TOKYO, Japan - Hikeshi or fire fighters demonstrate their traditional ladder-top stunts dating back to the Edo period (1600-1868) during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department at Tokyo's Ariake on Jan. 6. Edo (now Tokyo) had 48 hikeshi units, each comprising a commander, assistants, standard bearers, ladder carriers and plain firemen, who were mobilized especially when wrecking buildings to create fire-breaks.

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Fire brigades demonstrate traditional ladder-top stunts

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group preserving Japanese traditional firefighting techniques celebrate the New Year by demonstrating ladder-top stunts dating back to the Edo period (1600-1868) during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department at Ariake district in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

KATSUURA, Japan - A girl sucks her thumb besides some 15,000 dolls put on display for the annual ''Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' that began in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The doll festival is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The practice of displaying dolls dates to early in the Edo era (1600-1868). Parents present their daughter with a set of hina dolls and the daughter takes them when she marries. (Kyodo)

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Year's first day of business for firefighters

TOKYO, Japan - Firemen display their ladder climbing technique in a traditional ceremony marking the year's first day of business held by the Metropolitan Fire Defense Agency in Tokyo's Ariake district on Jan. 2. The skill dates back to the Edo period (1600-1868). (Kyodo)

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Dressed Korean students parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - About 150 students from South Korea, dressed as members of a Korean tributary mission sent to Japan during the Edo Period (1600-1868), parade along the Omotesando Avenue in Tokyo on Aug. 25. The envoy or the head of the delegation is seated in the palanquin carried by bearers. Korea sent a total of 12 delegations to Japan during the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The last visit took place in 1811. The students organized the parade as part of events marking the FIFA 2002 World Cup finals co-hoted by Japan and South Korea. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan to proposes additional World Heritage sites

TOKYO, Japan - Archive photo shows the remains of the Iwami silver mine in western Shimane Prefecture, discovered in the 14th century. It was one of the most important sources of silver in the Edo period (1600-1868). A government advisory panel decided Nov. 17 to propose the remains and two other Japanese cultural sites for the World Heritage List of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).