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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region 2

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Yamazaki Baking to acquire 35% stake in Fujiya

TOKYO, Japan - Fujiya Co. President Yasufumi Sakurai (L) and Yamazaki Baking Co.President Nobuhiro Iijima pose for a photo at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 26. The two firms signed a business and capital tie-up agreement that will make Yamazaki the biggest shareholder in scandal-tainted Fujiya with a stake of 35 percent.

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Fujiya picks director Yasufumi Sakurai as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Sakurai, who was picked as new president of Fujiya Co., speaks at the inaugural meeting of eight outside experts at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22. The panel was set up to reform the management of Fujiya, one of Japan's longest-standing confectioners, which is reeling from a scandal involving the use of out-of-date ingredients for its cakes.

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Scandal-hit Fujiya picks new chief outside of founder clan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Sakurai (R), new president of Fujiya Co., and former president Rintaro Fujii (L) hold a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22. Fujiya, one of Japan's oldest established confectioners known for introducing Japan to Western-style cakes, faces a scandal involving the use of out-of-date ingredients in some of its products. Sakurai is the first president of Fujiya not related to the founding family.

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Scandal-hit Fujiya picks new chief outside of founder clan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Sakurai, new president of Fujiya Co., speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22. The confectionery maker faces a scandal involving the use of out-of-date ingredients in some of its cake products. Sakurai is the first president of Fujiya not related to the founding family.

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The Kitchen of the Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan

The large basement kitchen of the Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan. A classical resort hotel, the Fujiya was opened in 1878. Date: circa 1920s

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Fujiya picks director Yasufumi Sakurai as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Sakurai, who was picked as new president of Fujiya Co., speaks at the inaugural meeting of eight outside experts at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22. The panel was set up to reform the management of Fujiya, one of Japan's longest-standing confectioners, which is reeling from a scandal involving the use of out-of-date ingredients for its cakes. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Fujiya picks new chief outside of founder clan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Sakurai, new president of Fujiya Co., speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22. The confectionery maker faces a scandal involving the use of out-of-date ingredients in some of its cake products. Sakurai is the first president of Fujiya not related to the founding family. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Fujiya picks new chief outside of founder clan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Sakurai (R), new president of Fujiya Co., and former president Rintaro Fujii (L) hold a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22. Fujiya, one of Japan's oldest established confectioners known for introducing Japan to Western-style cakes, faces a scandal involving the use of out-of-date ingredients in some of its products. Sakurai is the first president of Fujiya not related to the founding family. (Kyodo)

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Yamazaki Baking to acquire 35% stake in Fujiya

TOKYO, Japan - Fujiya Co. President Yasufumi Sakurai (L) and Yamazaki Baking Co.President Nobuhiro Iijima pose for a photo at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 26. The two firms signed a business and capital tie-up agreement that will make Yamazaki the biggest shareholder in scandal-tainted Fujiya with a stake of 35 percent. (Kyodo)

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Valley at yumoto

A view of Yumoto with the Haya River to the left from the right side of Asahi Bridge. The road between Yumoto and Miyanoshita by Yamaguchi Sennosuke of the Fujiya Hotel was completed at the end of 1887, and electric lights came to Yumoto in 1892, so from the rickshaws and lights in the photo, we can say that this was taken after 1892.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐19‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

This is Miyanoshita as seen from Mukoyama. The white building in the centre is the Naraya Hotel completed n 1887. As Fujiya Hotel, built in 189,1 is visible behind, this photo was taken after that. The large two-story building at the right is the Tsutaya Ryokan (Inn). Shirasagi Waterfall and Hayakawa River are seen below. The building at the bottom centre is Godan Ryokan.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐28‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

The building on the far left is Fujiya Hotel at the time of their grand opening. It was built in 1878 and was standing until December, 1883 when it was lost in a fire. The building to the right is Naraya Ryokan (inn) which was rebuilt after a fire of 1874. This photo is probably taken around the same time as that of catalogue #3313.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐43‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

The Fujiya Hotel at Miyanoshita in Hakone was opened by Yamaguchi Sennosuke in 1878. The original building was destroyed by the Great Miyanoshita Fire of 1883. The structure in this photograph is the main building rebuilt in 1891 with a karahafu style entrance.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐2‐0]

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Naraya Hotel,Miyanoshita

The white building on the right is Naraya Hotel. This Western-style structure was completed in 1887 after the great fire of Miyanoshita in 1883. The building on the left is the Hermitage of Fujiya Hotel built in 1886. Since the main building of the hotel is not in view, it may be assumed that this photo was taken between 1887 and 1891.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐31‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

The composition of this photo is about the same as that of catalogue #4103. However, the trees in the background have grown. It probably captures Fujiya Hotel in its entirety around 1897. The mountains behind are Myogadake and Myojingadake in the far back.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐19‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

Miyanoshita and Dogashima viewed from Mukoyama. The Fujiya and Naraya hotels are visible at Miyanoshita. Thus, this was taken after the completion of the main building of Fujiya Hotel in 1891, after the big fire of Miyanoshita in 1883. Godan Ryokan (inn) is also visible on the way to Dogashima. At both sides of the inn the falls of Shirabenotaki and Shirasaginotaki cascade. Hiramatsu villa stands under Godan Ryokan.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐16‐0]

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A garden of a hotel,Miyanoshita Spa

This photo depicts the Japanese-style structure of the Fujiya Hotel (completed in 1885), with people in the garden, after the large fire of Miyanoshita in 1883. The man seated centre with a hat is a foreign guest, and it appears men and women around him are hotel employees. Women are wearing kimono with aprons and the men appear to be a cook, a gardener, and so on.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐23‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

This is the main building of Fujiya Hotel, with annexes, rebuilt in 1891. The Western-style structure on the left of the main building was called Hiraya (later renamed to Eyrie). It used to be in front of the main building but was later moved. The two-story Western-style building on the right was built 1886 and was later renamed the Hermitage in 1920. The mountain behind is Myoujogadake.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐21‐0]

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The Miyanoshita Road

This road for the cars opened between Tonosawa and Miyanoshita in July, 1887 with the aid of Sennosuke Yamaguchi, the president of Fujiya Hotel, among others. This location appears around a place higher up toward Miyanoshita from Deyama. This road, present National Route 1, contributed greatly to the tourist industry in Hakone.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐18‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

Both Fujiya Hotel and Naraya Hotel were burnt by a large fire in the Miyanoshita area in 1883. The one-story building in the centre left is the Japanese-style Fujiya Hotel completed in 1885. The round building at the centre right is the Hermitage completed in 1886. Since the main building of the hotel is not visible, it indicates that this photo was taken between 1886 and 1890.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐20‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

This is the Japanese-style structure of the Fujiya Hotel , completed in 1885. Many people can be seen standing or sitting. Judging from the condition of the garden, the trees, the attire of the people, their number, and the compositional similarity, this photo was probably taken at the same time as catalogue #4105.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐60‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

This is the rebuilt Miyanoshita Spa after the fire of 1883. The big building on the left is Fujiya Hotel, completed in 189,1and the white one on the right is Naraya Hotel, completed in 1887. The street on the left opened to Tonosawa in 1887. It eventually was known as the course of the Hakone Ekiden road race, the present-day National Route 1.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐10‐0]

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Sokokura Spa

This photo was taken from around the beginning point of Seven Hot Springs Road. The road goes down to theJakotsu River from where the fence of Kikkaso ends, after going up present-day National Route 1 between Fujiya Hotel main building and Kikkaso. The house at the bottom of the hill is Yorozuya. From there, Umeya, Tsutaya, and Sengokuya stand. The roofs of these spa houses are thatched. Therefore, this photo was taken before the big fire of 1881.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐15‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

The building on the far left is Fujiya Hotel at the time of its grand opening. It was built in 1878 and was standing until December, 1883 when it was destroyed in a fire. The building to the right is Naraya Ryokan (inn) which was rebuilt after a fire in 1874. The road where a worker stands is the old Seven Hot Spring Road.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐4‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

This is the original L-shaped Fujiya (wisteria) Hotel, opened in 1878. Sennosuke Yamaguchi purchased an inn of long standing, Fujiya Ryokan, with the help of his foster father. He renamed Fujiya (the same pronunciation, but different kanji characters for Mt. Fuji ). It was the first Western-style hotel in Japan. The hotel was built by workers from Yokohama. Unfortunately, the building was lost in a large fire in Miyanoshita in December, 1883.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐51‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

Both Fujiya Hotel and Naraya Hotel were burnt by a large fire in the Miyanoshita area in 1883. The one-story building in the centre left is the Japanese-style Fujiya Hotel completed in 1885. The round building at the centre right is the Hermitage completed in 1886. Since the main building of the hotel is not visible, it indicates that this photo was taken between 1886 and 1890.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐82‐0]

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Miyanoshita and Dogashima

Miyanoshita and Dogashima viewed from Mukoyama. The Fujiya and Naraya hotels are visible at Miyanoshita. Thus, this was taken after the completion of the main building of Fujiya Hotel in 1891, and after the big fire of Miyanoshita in 1883. Godan Ryokan (inn) is visible on the way to Dogashima and Shirabeno-taki, and Shirasagino-taki Falls cascade on both sides.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐63‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

This photo appears to be the same as that of catalogue #4103. However, there is a slight difference: a shadow which looks like a person appears to be a tree at the roadside in #4103. It cold be that many photos were taken at the same time. The mountains in the background also look different. The composition of #4103 is an enlargement of #2108, cropping the four sides.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐49‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

This is the Japanese-style Fujiya Hotel completed in 1885. Many people appear to inhabit the building, and the fountain in the garden is spraying water. Compared with the photo depicted in catalogue #4105, the trees in front are supported by poles. This indicates that this photo is older than that of #4105. This photo was probably was taken right after construction was completed.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐36‐2]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

This is the main building of Fujiya Hotel rebuilt in 1891. The western-style structure called Hiraya (later renamed to Eyrie), was later moved to the left of the main building, so this photo was probably taken right after construction was completed. In fact, it seems the trees were just planted and a man who appears to be a gardner is standing on the stone wall in the foreground.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐29‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

This photo appears to be the same as that of catalogue #4103. However, there is a slight difference: a shadow which looks like a person appears to be a tree at the roadside in #4103. It cold be that many photos were taken at the same time. The mountains in the background also look different. The composition of #4103 is an enlargement of #2108, cropping the four sides.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐11‐0]

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Shrine among mountains

A view from the Fujiya Hotel. The left is the Naraya Hotel, the front mountain is the Myojogatake, and the right corner is the Kumano Gongen. The Odo Bunko which was built in 1894 by Chamberlain, who stayed for a long period at the Fujiya hotel, cannot be seen right under the Gongen, so the photo was probably taken before that.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐183‐0]

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Foreigners in a garden of an inn

Probably foreign guests staying at the Forest Lodge which was a summer house of the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita, relaxing in yukata. The location was judged from the location of the building, shape of the branches in the pine tree, and from photos taken at the Hotel before and after this photo. It was probably taken after 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐180‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

The roads of Miyanoshita are presently the national route no.1, and more or less takes the same course to this day. The right corner is the Naraya Hotel, and the Fujiya Hotel in the front has a hanging screen over it, and there are seats and lanterns indicating that there is a festival on. The people look as if they are waiting or something to begin.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐15‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

The Naraya hotel before redecorating to the western style building, and the Fujiya Hotel before it was opened can be seen. This photo is the same as that numbered 3-37, and from the position of the person, style the hands are crossed etc., this is the original, and the photo numbered 3-37 is a photo of a samurai with added coloring.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐70‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

Probably the same photo as that numbered 37-70, and one of them is a copy. The condition of the photo is better in the other photo. Photo no. 3-37 is also the same photo, but the costumes of the people have been colored in the old style. This is a rare photo of the Fujiya Hotel immediately before it opened.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐35‐0]

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Miyanoshita village

The Naraya Hotel can be seen, but not the Fujiya Hotel, so this photo was taken before 1877. Miyanoshita was a spa from the old days, with inns such as Fujiya, Naraya and Yamadaya and was famous for the stone bath of the Taiko in Sokokura. Baelz and Chamberlain also enjoyed the scenery.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐6‐0]

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The Hakone post town

A photo of the middle level of Odawara city in Hakonejuku. The panel at the right corner is that of the hotel, Hafuya Shiroemon. Hafuya is the predecessor of the present Hakone Hotel, which is now owned by the Fujiya Hotel. A person rests among the tobacco signs.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐72‐0]

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Hafuya hotel

The Hafuya Shirozaemon of Odawara machi in Hakonejuku continued business in the Meiji Era as a Japanese-style hotel. The photo was taken at that time. Palanquins and guests of the hotel can be seen. The Fujiya Hotel bought it later and it became the present Hakone Hotel. Ashino Lake and Mt. Fuji can also be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐66‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

A photo of the Fujiya Hotel thought to be taken between 1892 and 1894 from the buildings in the picture. The hotel entered into a pact with its competitor Naraya Hotel, so that foreign guests were to stay at the Fujiya Hotel. This photo was probably taken by a foreign guest.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐6‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

This overall view of Miyanoshita from the peak of Myojogadake has a rare structure. The white Western-style building is the Naraya Hotel, and the background is the Fujiya Hotel. The houses in the back are the Kowakudani, and the white building is the Sounkaku ,the summer house of the Mitsui family. The house to the bottom right may be Dr.Baelz's summer home.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐83‐0]

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Miyanoshita hot spring teahouse

In front of the Miyanoshita Teahouse, the vehicles used at the time in Hakone line up; from left: rickshaw, chair and sedan. This teahouse built in 1885 was used for the pleasure of foreigners staying at the Fujiya Hotel, and it still exists as a village house.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐11‐0]

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Valley at tonosawa

This road was the forerunner of national road No.1 between Yumoto and Miyanoshita, near the valley in Tonosawa. Yamaguchi Senosuke of the Miyanoshita Fujiya Hotel initiated the construction of the road with capital including his own and with support from nearby villages such as Sokokura and Miyagino. The road contributed greatly to the development of Hakone.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐4‐0]

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The Hakone post town

A scene in Hakone. The four houses in the centre are honjin (main lodgings) used by the feudal lords when they paid visits to Edo. The forefront is the Hafuya Hotel, which was absorbed into the Fujiya Hotel Group and later became the Hakone Hotel. To the right is Ashino Lake. In the background is Mt.Daikan and Kurakake on the left.==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐41‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

On the right is the Naraya hotel before it was redecorated in Western-style, and on the left is the Fujiya Hotel under construction. The Fujiya Hotel opened in 1879, so this is a rare photo depicting the hotel immediately before its opening. The bushi (warrior)-like person in the photo is also of interest.==Date:10th - 11th year of Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐37‐0]

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Hafuya hotel

The interior of the Hafuya Hotel in Hakone near Hakone Honjin. Wooden dividers are seen in the shoji (paper screens) damashie (trompe l'oeil) style, and the elaborate interior can be observed. This hotel was later bought by the Fujiya Hotel. This photo shows the hotel before it was redecorated in Western-style. This is the present Hakone Hotel.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐50‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

The Fujiya Hotel was restored gradually after a fire in 1883. This photo was taken right after the full-scale restoration of the main building in 1889. The project was finished in time to host the Crown Prince of Russia, but this was not realized due to the Otsu Incident.==Date:24th year of Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐42‐0]