"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

NANKOKU, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A man apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese.

"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

NANKOKU, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A woman apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese.

CORRECTED: "I'm sorry" festival in Japan

CORRECTED: "I'm sorry" festival in Japan

A man apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

CORRECTED: "I'm sorry" festival in Japan

CORRECTED: "I'm sorry" festival in Japan

A woman apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rural railway in western Japan

Rural railway in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2018, shows a statue of "Kagami Mikan," a character created by Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, at Kagami station in Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. It is one of the characters created by Yanase for each of 20 stations on the Gomen-Nahari Line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo (Railway) Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rural railway in western Japan

Rural railway in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2018, shows a statue of "Ananai Nasubi," a character created by Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, at Ananai station in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. It is one of the characters created by Yanase for each of 20 stations on the Gomen-Nahari Line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo (Railway) Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo