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Japanese author Osamu Dazai's eldest daughter

Sonoko Tsushima, the eldest daughter of renowned Japanese author Osamu Dazai, speaks at a celebration marking the 109th anniversary of his birth in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 19, 2018.

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[breaking News]"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Video shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2025. (Kyodo)

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"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

Photo shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2025.

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Sumo tourney champ Takerufuji's triumphant return home

Takerufuji (R), who achieved a historic win in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, waves to fans and well-wishers as he returns triumphant to his native town Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on May 1, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira at the time of the competition became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo tourney champ Takerufuji's triumphant return home

Takerufuji (R), who achieved a historic win in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, waves to fans and well-wishers as he returns triumphant to his native town Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on May 1, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira at the time of the competition became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo tourney champ Takerufuji's triumphant return home

Takerufuji (R), who achieved a historic win in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, waves to fans and well-wishers as he returns triumphant to his native town Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on May 1, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira at the time of the competition became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

Photo shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2024.

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Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

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Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

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Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

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Huge lantern features in start of Tachi-neputa festival

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A huge lantern progresses along a shopping street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4 as the 5-day Goshogawara Tachi-neputa summer festival begins.

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Passengers warm up on Tsugaru stove train

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers warm themselves by a stove on the so-called "stove train" of Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014, the first day of this season's operation.

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Coal on fire on 'Stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor on the "stove train" puts coal in a stove in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Honshu, on Dec. 1, 2014. The Tsugaru Railway Co.'s popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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'Stove train' starts running in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Tsugaru Railway Co.'s "stove train," equipped with coal stoves, stops at a station in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on the Honshu main island, on Dec. 1, 2014. The popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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Conductor adds coal on 'stove train' in northern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor adds coal to a stove in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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Passengers eat ice cream on 'stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers eat ice cream in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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Giant float paraded at festival in northern Japan

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - One of 16 lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats, the biggest of them over 20 meters high, is paraded through a street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, at an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival amid constant chanting "Go get 'em" by dancers in "yukata" light cotton summer kimono on Aug. 4, 2014.

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Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

MORIOKA, Japan - Gigantic lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats parade in succession through the main street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, as an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival gets under way on Aug. 4, 2014, for a five-day run.

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Japan-S. Korea festival in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Students of Goshogawara Daiichi High School in Aomori Prefecture play Tsugaru shamisen, traditional three-stringed instruments from the prefecture, at the ''Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri'' (Japan-South Korean Exchange Festival) in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2010.

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Gigantic lantern march in Aomori

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A gigantic ''matagi'' hunter lantern proceeds along a street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 4, 2010. The five-day Tachi-neputa summer festival began the same day, featuring 16 lanterns including three over 20 meters tall.

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101st anniversary of novelist Dazai's birth

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Some 400 people celebrate the 101st anniversary of the birth of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) at a ceremony in his hometown, Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, on June 19, 2010.

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101st anniversary of novelist Dazai's birth

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Fans offer flowers at a full-length bronze statue of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) as some 400 people celebrated the 101st anniversary of his birth at a ceremony in his hometown, Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, on June 19, 2010.

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Huge floats feature at Goshogawara festival

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Huge doll lantern floats are carried through a shopping street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4 in an annual five-day festival that began the same day.

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Statue unveiled to mark centennial of novelist Dazai's birth

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Sonoko Tsushima (3rd from R), the 68-year-old daughter of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948), attends a ceremony to unveil a life-size bronze statue of Dazai in his hometown of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on June 19. Several hundred fans and guests attended the ceremony to mark the centennial of Dazai's birth.

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Actress Matsu promotes film based on novel by Dazai

AOMORI, Japan - (From L) Director Kichitaro Negishi, actress Takako Matsu and actor Tadanobu Asano attend a promotional event for the film ''Villon no Tsuma'' (Villon's wife) at the Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on June 8.

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4 N. Korean defectors sent to immigration center in Ushiku

AOMORI, Japan - A police bus carrying four North Korean asylum-seekers leave the Goshogawara police station in Aomori Prefecture on way to the Aomori airport on June 6. The four will be housed at the Immigration Bureau detention center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture before they fly to South Korea for asylum.

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N. Korean 'defector' found to possess small amount of amphetamine

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A publicity officer speaks with reporters about the four people, thought to be North Koreans seeking asylum, who arrived in Aomori Prefecture in a small boat during a briefing session at the Aomori Prefecutural Police Department on June 4. One of the four was found to be in possession of a minute amount of amphetamine, police sources said.

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Event held to mark novelist Dazai's birthday in north Japan hometown

Women sing in chorus during an event in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on June 19, 2015, to commemorate the late Japanese author's 106th birthday. The northern Japanese city was Dazai's hometown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman reads "Run, Melos!" during novelist Dazai's birthday event

A woman reads out a climaxing part of Osamu Dazai's novel "Run, Melos!" during an event in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on June 19, 2015, to commemorate the late Japanese author's 106th birthday. The northern Japanese city is Dazai's birthplace. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big paper lantern float from Japan joins Rio Carnival parade

A huge paper lantern on a float from Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, takes part in a parade in the world-famous carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists brave heat to enjoy ride on "stove train" in northern Japan

Passengers brave the heat in a train car with a coal-burning stove in Goshogawara in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Aug. 8, 2015. Tsugaru Railway Co. operates the "stove train" in August as a tourist attraction. ==Kyodo

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Temperature reads 50 C on "stove train" in northern Japan

A passenger shows a temperature gauge reading 50 C in front of a coal-burning stove in a train car in Goshogawara in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Aug. 8, 2015. Tsugaru Railway Co. operates the "stove train" in August as a tourist attraction. ==Kyodo

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Huge lantern features in start of Tachi-neputa festival

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A huge lantern progresses along a shopping street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4 as the 5-day Goshogawara Tachi-neputa summer festival begins. (Kyodo)

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4 N. Korean defectors sent to immigration center in Ushiku

AOMORI, Japan - A police bus carrying four North Korean asylum-seekers leave the Goshogawara police station in Aomori Prefecture on way to the Aomori airport on June 6. The four will be housed at the Immigration Bureau detention center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture before they fly to South Korea for asylum. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean 'defector' found to possess small amount of amphetamin

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A publicity officer speaks with reporters about the four people, thought to be North Koreans seeking asylum, who arrived in Aomori Prefecture in a small boat during a briefing session at the Aomori Prefecutural Police Department on June 4. One of the four was found to be in possession of a minute amount of amphetamine, police sources said. (Kyodo)

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Statue unveiled to mark centennial of novelist Dazai's birth

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Sonoko Tsushima (3rd from R), the 68-year-old daughter of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948), attends a ceremony to unveil a life-size bronze statue of Dazai in his hometown of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on June 19. Several hundred fans and guests attended the ceremony to mark the centennial of Dazai's birth. (Kyodo)

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Actress Matsu promotes film based on novel by Dazai

AOMORI, Japan - (From L) Director Kichitaro Negishi, actress Takako Matsu and actor Tadanobu Asano attend a promotional event for the film ''Villon no Tsuma'' (Villon's wife) at the Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on June 8. (Kyodo)

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Japan-S. Korea festival in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Students of Goshogawara Daiichi High School in Aomori Prefecture play Tsugaru shamisen, traditional three-stringed instruments from the prefecture, at the ''Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri'' (Japan-South Korean Exchange Festival) in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gigantic lantern march in Aomori

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A gigantic ''matagi'' hunter lantern proceeds along a street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 4, 2010. The five-day Tachi-neputa summer festival began the same day, featuring 16 lanterns including three over 20 meters tall. (Kyodo)

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101st anniversary of novelist Dazai's birth

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Fans offer flowers at a full-length bronze statue of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) as some 400 people celebrated the 101st anniversary of his birth at a ceremony in his hometown, Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, on June 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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101st anniversary of novelist Dazai's birth

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Some 400 people celebrate the 101st anniversary of the birth of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) at a ceremony in his hometown, Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, on June 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Passengers warm up on Tsugaru stove train

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers warm themselves by a stove on the so-called "stove train" of Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014, the first day of this season's operation. (Kyodo)

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Coal on fire on 'Stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor on the "stove train" puts coal in a stove in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Honshu, on Dec. 1, 2014. The Tsugaru Railway Co.'s popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015. (Kyodo)

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'Stove train' starts running in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Tsugaru Railway Co.'s "stove train," equipped with coal stoves, stops at a station in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on the Honshu main island, on Dec. 1, 2014. The popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Passengers eat ice cream on 'stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers eat ice cream in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter. (Kyodo)

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Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

MORIOKA, Japan - Gigantic lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats parade in succession through the main street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, as an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival gets under way on Aug. 4, 2014, for a five-day run. (Kyodo)

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Big lantern at summer festival

A big lantern is paraded in the northern Japan city of Goshogawara on Aug. 4, 2017, as a summer festival started there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Stove train" starts running in northeastern Japan

A conductor puts coal in a stove on Tsugaru Railway's "stove train" in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2020. A winter tradition in the Tsugaru region, the train started running in the northeastern Japan prefecture the same day.

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"Stove train" starts running in northeastern Japan

Passengers warm up by a coal stove on Tsugaru Railway's "stove train" in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2020. A winter tradition in the Tsugaru region, the train started running in the northeastern Japan prefecture the same day.

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"Stove train" starts running in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2020, shows Tsugaru Railway's "stove train," which started running in the northeastern Japan prefecture the same day. A winter tradition in the Tsugaru region, the train is due to run until March 31, 2021.