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Japanese pottery artist fires huge kiln

OKAYAMA, Japan - Togaku Mori, a "Bizen-yaki" pottery artist, stands by his huge kiln following initial firing in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2015. Having some 2,000 pots inside, the 85-meter-long kiln is fired night and day for 90 days.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A group of deer cross a bridge to go from Kakui Island in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, to Kashira Island opposite on May 26, 2014 to eat mandarin orange leaves and vegetables in fields.

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Anime-themed Japanese sword exhibition to open in Paris

PARIS, France - Visitors look at traditional Japanese swords and replicas of blades that appeared in the animation series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" at an exhibition at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris, France, on April 29, 2014, a day before the exhibition opens to the public. The "Evangelion and Japanese Swords" show was devised with the Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum in Okayama Prefecture. About 50 sword craftsmen produced pieces inspired by the anime such as "the Spear of Longinus" and the "Magoroku Sword."

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Swordsmith shows 'Evangelion' sword he made

OKAYAMA, Japan - Swordsmith Ichiro Matsuba stands by "Bizen Osafune," a Japanese sword he made after a sword that appears on the Japanese animated film series "Evangelion," during an exhibit at the Hayashibara Museum of Art in Okayama, Japan, on Feb. 7, 2014. The exhibited swords are scheduled to be on display in Europe later this year.

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Heart-shaped camphor tree

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken March 7, 2013, shows a camphor tree, which appears heart shaped from a certain angle, in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture. The tree was planted in 1926 by then Crown Prince Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Forest fire spreads, 76 households urged to evacuate

OKAYAMA, Japan - A fire burns forests in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on April 4, forcing the city office to issue an evacuation advisory to 76 households.

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Leading ceramic artist Yu Fujiwara dies at 69

OKAYAMA, Japan - Yu Fujiwara (file photo), a ceramic artist specializing in Bizen ware who was named a Living National Treasure by the government, died of multiple organ failure on Oct. 29 at an Okayama Prefecture hospital. He was 69. Bizen ware is unglazed stoneware made in the western Japan prefecture. In 1963, Fujiwara won the grand prize at an international ceramics exhibition in Barcelona. He later held one-man shows in countries such as the United States.

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Forest fire spreads, 76 households urged to evacuate

OKAYAMA, Japan - A fire burns forests in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on April 4, forcing the city office to issue an evacuation advisory to 76 households.

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Leading ceramic artist Yu Fujiwara dies at 69

OKAYAMA, Japan - Yu Fujiwara (file photo), a ceramic artist specializing in Bizen ware who was named a Living National Treasure by the government, died of multiple organ failure on Oct. 29 at an Okayama Prefecture hospital. He was 69. Bizen ware is unglazed stoneware made in the western Japan prefecture. In 1963, Fujiwara won the grand prize at an international ceramics exhibition in Barcelona. He later held one-man shows in countries such as the United States.

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Potter checks products fired in huge kiln in western Japan

Noted Bizen ceramic artist Togaku Mori checks pots removed from an 85-meter-long single-chamber tunnel kiln (back) in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture (formerly known as Bizen), western Japan, on July 27, 2015. He is set to produce some 2,000 pieces from the kiln by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tram operator issues 200 ceramic tickets in Okayama, west Japan

Okayama Electric Tramway Co. in Okayama, western Japan, shows one of 200 train tickets made of traditional Bizen-yaki pottery put on sale on June 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5-yr-old girl becomes youngest "Doctor of Yokai Monster"

Photo taken Dec. 2, 2015 in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, shows Mana Umemoto, who became the youngest "Doctor of Yokai Monster" at age 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Olympic runner Arimori joins 1st Okayama Maraton in west Japan

Two-time Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori shows off a medal made by Bizen ware peculiar to Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, after completing the inaugural Okayama Marathon on No. 8, 2015. Arimori ran as a goodwill ambassador for the race, in which some 14,000 people took part. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A lighthouse in Bizen

Although the photograph is entitled BIZEN on the lower left, this is Sugashima Lighthouse located at the northeastern tip of Sugashima (present-day Toba City, Mie Prefecture) at the entrance to Ise Bay. Designed by British engineer R. H. Brunton and first lit on July 1, 1873, the lighthouse is still in operation today. The attached residence was relocated to Meiji Mura Museum and designated an Important Cultural Asset by the Japanese government. This is an early photograph taken before 1877.==Date:unknown, Place:Okayama, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐49‐0]

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The south branch of tukijigawa river

From the April 16,1873 edition of The Far East . A picture taken in the direction of Bizen Bridge (in the centre) from Odawara Bridge. The roof to the left rear is that of the main building of Nishihonganji Temple. The area to the right is the houses of the Minami Odawara district. (Most of them were destroyed in the fire of February 26, 1873.) To the right shore are fish transport ships.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number22‐7‐0]

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Online pottery session

Photo taken in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on May 5, shows a kiln for producing Bizen ware, a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the western Japan region. Ceramic artist Toshiaki Mori (L), the kiln's owner, holds an online pottery session using a video conference system for people who are unable to visit Bizen in light of the risk of coronavirus infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Online pottery session

Photo taken in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on May 5, shows a kiln for producing Bizen ware, a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the western Japan region. Ceramic artist Toshiaki Mori (in the picture), the kiln's owner, holds an online pottery session using a video conference system for people who are unable to visit Bizen in light of the risk of coronavirus infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo