Japanese crown prince visits rice terrace in western Japan

Japanese crown prince visits rice terrace in western Japan

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (L) look at a rice terrace in Aridagawa in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on June 1, 2024. (Pool Photo)

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

KAINAN, Japan - Grape-picking is now in season at Arida Kyoho Village, a farming co-operative in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture organized by 28 grape farmers who grow mostly Kyoho grapes on 20 hectares of hilly grape farms. The grape-picking season for tourists begins on Aug. 19 and lasts through late September. According to Arida co-op officials, good weather this year has made Kyoho grapes sweeter. About 20,000 people visit the grape farms each year to pick Kyoho grapes.

David Rockefeller Jr. in Japan

David Rockefeller Jr. in Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Akie Abe (2nd from L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, escorts David Rockefeller Jr. (R), board chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, and his wife Susan as they visited terraced rice paddies called Aragijima in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2013.

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

KAINAN, Japan - Grape-picking is now in season at Arida Kyoho Village, a farming co-operative in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture organized by 28 grape farmers who grow mostly Kyoho grapes on 20 hectares of hilly grape farms. The grape-picking season for tourists begins on Aug. 19 and lasts through late September. According to Arida co-op officials, good weather this year has made Kyoho grapes sweeter. About 20,000 people visit the grape farms each year to pick Kyoho grapes. (Kyodo)

Silver grass in western Japan

Silver grass in western Japan

File photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, shows silver grass at the Oishi heights in Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

Silver grass in western Japan

Silver grass in western Japan

File photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, shows silver grass at the Oishi heights in Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

Silver grass in western Japan

Silver grass in western Japan

File photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, shows silver grass at the Oishi heights in Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

Rice terraces in western Japan

Rice terraces in western Japan

Photo taken June 3, 2020, shows rice terraces in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fireworks light up Japan

Fireworks light up Japan

Photo shows fireworks in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 1, 2020. Simultaneous displays lit up the night sky across the country in a project planned by fireworks makers to cheer the nation's mood during the coronavirus gloom. To avoid attracting crowds, organizers did not reveal where the displays would take place, only the day and 8 p.m. start time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Steam locomotive brought back to railway park in western Japan

Steam locomotive brought back to railway park in western Japan

The boiler of steam locomotive D51 is reattached at Aridagawa Railway Park in the western Japan town of Aridagawa on April 18, 2017. Popularly known as "Degoichi," the steam locomotive is planned to run on a 400-meter track at Aridagawa Railway Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Steam locomotive brought back to railway park in western Japan

Steam locomotive brought back to railway park in western Japan

The boiler of steam locomotive D51 is lifted by a crane in the western Japan town of Aridagawa on April 18, 2017. Popularly known as "Degoichi," the steam locomotive is planned to run on a 400-meter track at Aridagawa Railway Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo