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Fushimi Inari Shrine

Fushimi Inari Shrine==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6889]

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Prince Fushimi Sadanaru

Prince Fushimi Sadanaru==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Uchida Kuichi ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7102]

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Japan: Kyoto Cherry Blossoms In Peak Bloom 4

Kyoto's cherry blossoms, sakura in Japanese, reached peak bloom beginning April 3. The iconic pinkish white flowers drew local and foreign tourists to the famous city.

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Japan: Kyoto Cherry Blossoms In Peak Bloom 3

Kyoto's cherry blossoms, sakura in Japanese, reached peak bloom beginning April 3. The iconic pinkish white flowers drew local and foreign tourists to the famous city.

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Money counting at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count money thrown into offertory boxes by well-wishers during the first three days of the new year on Jan. 4, 2015, at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan. Eight staff will tally the money over five days.

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Money counting at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count money thrown into offertory boxes by well-wishers during the first three days of the new year on Jan. 4, 2015, at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan. Eight staff will tally the money over five days.

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Money counting at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count money thrown into offertory boxes by well-wishers during the first three days of the new year on Jan. 4, 2014, at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. It will take four or five days to tally the money.

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Money counting at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count money thrown into offertory boxes by well-wishers during the first three days of the new year on Jan. 4, 2014, at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. It will take four or five days to tally the money.

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Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flooded residential area in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Sept. 16, 2013, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

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Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flooded residential area in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Sept. 16, 2013, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

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New Year offerings at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count the amount of offerings collected during the three-day New Year holidays at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, on Jan. 4, 2013.

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Joint sake sales promotion

OSAKA, Japan - Members of a joint sake sales promotion project attend a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2011. Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co. and 10 other long-established brewers in the sake-producing areas of Nada, Fushimi and Itami in western Japan said they have launched a joint project to stimulate falling sake consumption.

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New Year offering at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count the amount of offerings collected during the three-day New Year holidays at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2011. The number of visitors at the shrine during the holidays reached 2.76 million, up 30,000 from the previous year.

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New Year offering at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count the amount of offerings collected during the three-day New Year holidays at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2011. The number of visitors at the shrine during the holidays reached 2.76 million, up 30,000 from the previous year.

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Physicist Fushimi, ex-head of Science Council of Japan, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese theoretical physicist Koji Fushimi (in file photo taken 1988) dies of old age at a hospital in Yokohama on May 8, his family said. He was 98. Fushimi headed, from 1977 to 1982, the Science Council of Japan, a Cabinet Office organization that is given the task to promote and enhance science, and to have science reflect and permeate into administration, industry and people's lives. He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 1983 upper house election. He retired from the Diet after serving out a six-year term.

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Bankers collect money offered at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Bankers count on Jan. 4 money offered at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Shrine during the three-day New Year's holiday.

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Annual strength event at Kyoto's Gaigoji

KYOTO, Japan - A woman tries to lift 90-kilogram rice cakes during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 45 men and women competed on how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Nakashima leads Japanese trio into halfpipe final

BARDONECCHIA, Italy - Shiho Nakashima smiles after qualifying for the women's halfpipe final by finishing fifth in the first run at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 13. Nakashima advanced to the final with compatriots veteran Soko Yamaoka and Chikako Fushimi.

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Ice Hockey goalkeeper Fukufuji signs contracts with NHL

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Fukufuji (R) poses with children for a photo at the Tokyo Higashi-Fushimi Ice Arena on Aug. 25.

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(1)Japanese trio wins silver in men's team sprint at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese professional keirin cyclists Toshiaki Fushimi (L), Masaki Inoue (2nd from L) and Tomohiro Nagatsuka (R) show the silver medals they claimed in the men's team sprint in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Velodrome on Aug. 21.

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(3)Japanese trio wins silver in men's team sprint at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese professional keirin cyclists Tomohiro Nagatsuka (L) and Masaki Inoue wave the Japanese flags after winning the silver medal in the men's team sprint in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Velodrome on Aug. 21. The team also includes Toshiaki Fushimi.

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(2)Japanese trio wins silver in men's team sprint at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese professional keirin cyclists (from R to L) Tomohiro Nagatsuka, Toshiaki Fushimi and Masaki Inoue race to their silver medal in the men's team sprint in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Velodrome on Aug. 21.

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Kyoto shrine starts counting donations

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count money donated to Fushimiinari-Taisha Shrine in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Jan. 4. Around 2.88 million people visited the shrine during the first three days of the new year to pray for a good 2004.

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Annual 'rice-cake lifting' competition held at Daigo Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman attempts to lift huge rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms during an annual ''rice-cake lifting'' competition in the compound of Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23.

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Kyoto shrine starts counting donations

KYOTO, Japan - Bankers on Jan. 3 count money donated to Fushimiinari-Taisha Shrine in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward. Some 2.76 million people visited the shrine during the first three days of the New Year to pray for a good 2003. Fifteen bankers will spend five days tallying the offerings.

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Alligator captured in Kyoto canal

KYOTO, Japan - Police captured a 1-meter-long alligator July 22 in a canal in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward. The police said they believe the reptile was a pet that either escaped or was abandoned and are searching for the owner.

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Lightning damages part of school in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows the city-run Fushimi Primary School in Sapporo in Hokkaido, which was damaged by lightning on May 24.

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Bankers collect offerings at Kyoto shrine

Bankers count offerings Jan. 4 at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, made by visitors during the New Year holidays. Some 2.8 million people, 90,000 more over a year before, visited the shrine Jan. 1-3. The shrine deity is regarded as a guardian of business prosperity.

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Kyoto shrine starts counting donations

KYOTO, Japan - Bankers on Jan. 3 count money donated to Fushimiinari-Taisha Shrine in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward. Some 2.76 million people visited the shrine during the first three days of the New Year to pray for a good 2003. Fifteen bankers will spend five days tallying the offerings. (Kyodo)

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Sir Douglas Haig and Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, WW1

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Fleet Admiral Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito of the Japanese imperial family, meeting during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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Sir Douglas Haig and Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, WW1

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Fleet Admiral Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito of the Japanese imperial family, meeting during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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Sir Douglas Haig and Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, WW1

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Fleet Admiral Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito of the Japanese imperial family, meeting during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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SADANARI FUSHIMI

Prince SADANARI FUSHIMI Japanese nobleman and soldier/sailor. 1858 - 1923

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Bankers count money offered to Kyoto shrine

Bankers count money offered during the first three days of 2016 at the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Japan's ancient city of Kyoto on Jan. 4. It is a custom at the start of a new year in the country to make an offering at a Shinto shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bankers count money offered to Kyoto shrine

Bankers count money offered during the first three days of 2016 at the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Japan's ancient city of Kyoto on Jan. 4. It is a custom at the start of a new year in the country to make an offering at a Shinto shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gold-plated roof tiles seen as ruins of feudal warlord's castle

Fragments of gold-plated roof tiles and other pieces of stone walls believed to be part of the original Fushimi Castle, also known as Shigetsu Castle, are shown to the press in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 18, 2015, after being discovered at a residential construction site in the ancient capital's Fushimi Ward. The castle was built under the orders of feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592 but was soon destroyed by an earthquake. Neither remnants nor records of its location had been found until now. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gold-plated roof tiles apparent ruins of feudal warlord's castle

Ruins believed to be those of stone walls and a moat of the original Fushimi Castle, also known as Shigetsu Castle, are shown to the press in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 18, 2015, after being discovered at a housing construction site in the ancient capital's Fushimi Ward. The castle was built under the orders of feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592 but was soon destroyed by an earthquake. Neither remnants nor records of its location had been found until now. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire at bamboo forest of Fushimi Inari shrine

Firefighters proceed under the vermilion "torii" gates of Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Kyoto on April 30, 2015, after receiving an emergency call from a tourist reporting a fire in a bamboo forest of the famous shrine. The fire burned 200 square meters of the forest, but no one was hurt and there was no property damage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama leaves Japan for Cambodia

Michelle Obama (C) plays the Japanese "wadaiko" drum at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 20, 2015. She left for Cambodia later in the day after completing her first trip to Japan as U.S. first lady. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama leaves Japan for Cambodia

Michelle Obama (C) poses for a photo with high school students who gave a traditional Japanese drum performance during her visit to Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 20, 2015. She left for Cambodia later in the day after completing her first trip to Japan as U.S. first lady. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama leaves Japan for Cambodia

Michelle Obama (R in front row) plays the Japanese "wadaiko" drum at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 20, 2015. She left for Cambodia later in the day after completing her first trip to Japan as U.S. first lady. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Underground shopping street in Nagoya sees SoHo as revival model

Tateo Koike, head of an association of retailers on the Fushimi underground shopping street in the central Japan city of Nagoya, stands in the area on Feb. 16, 2015. He envisions a plan to revive the area by encouraging young artists to stay at empty shops like in the SoHo district of New York City. The Fushimi street, built by textile wholesalers as a link to a nearby fabric town, is one of the oldest underground shopping districts in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wealthy Westerners flocking to No. 1 city Kyoto

Foreign visitors walk under the "torii" gates of Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Kyoto in August 2015. Voted the world's best city to visit by readers of Travel+Leisure magazine in 2015 for the second year in a row, wealthy travelers are flocking there in record numbers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Japanese trio wins silver in men's team sprint at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese professional keirin cyclists Tomohiro Nagatsuka (L) and Masaki Inoue wave the Japanese flags after winning the silver medal in the men's team sprint in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Velodrome on Aug. 21. The team also includes Toshiaki Fushimi. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japanese trio wins silver in men's team sprint at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese professional keirin cyclists (from R to L) Tomohiro Nagatsuka, Toshiaki Fushimi and Masaki Inoue race to their silver medal in the men's team sprint in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Velodrome on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japanese trio wins silver in men's team sprint at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese professional keirin cyclists Toshiaki Fushimi (L), Masaki Inoue (2nd from L) and Tomohiro Nagatsuka (R) show the silver medals they claimed in the men's team sprint in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Velodrome on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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Physicist Fushimi, ex-head of Science Council of Japan, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese theoretical physicist Koji Fushimi (in file photo taken 1988) dies of old age at a hospital in Yokohama on May 8, his family said. He was 98. Fushimi headed, from 1977 to 1982, the Science Council of Japan, a Cabinet Office organization that is given the task to promote and enhance science, and to have science reflect and permeate into administration, industry and people's lives. He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 1983 upper house election. He retired from the Diet after serving out a six-year term. (Kyodo)

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(corrected) Annual strength event at Kyoto's Daigoji

KYOTO, Japan - A woman tries to lift 90-kilogram rice cakes during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 45 men and women competed on how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)