Fire burns old sake brewery

Fire burns old sake brewery

FUKUOKA, Japan - A fire burns a wooden sake brewing facility, built about 140 years ago and registered as a national cultural asset, in Fukuoka's Hakata district in southwestern Japan on Oct. 8, 2011.

(1)Robots show off skills in Fukuoka shopping arcade

(1)Robots show off skills in Fukuoka shopping arcade

FUKUOKA, Japan - A humanoid robot moves from one shop to another for shopping on the street in the Fukuoka's Hakata district on Feb. 21. A group of university and corporate researchers tested various robots in a shopping arcade in Fukuoka in the first experiment of its kind in Japan. The city has been designated as a special zone for robot research and development.

Canal City Hakata

Canal City Hakata

The large commercial facilities complex newly opened on April 20, 1996 in Hakata District of Fukuoka City. (Picture taken from Kyodo News Helicopter on April 18, 1996)

Canal City Hakata

Canal City Hakata

The large commercial facilities complex newly opened on April 20, 1996 in Hakata District of Fukuoka City. (Picture taken on April 18, 1996)

Japanese doll based on "enka" ballad singer Ishikawa produced

Japanese doll based on "enka" ballad singer Ishikawa produced

Veteran Japanese "enka" ballad singer Sayuri Ishikawa, clad in kimono and wearing a Japanese hairdo, poses with a Hakata doll, a traditional craft in the Hakata district of Fukuoka, at the Hakataza Theater in the southwestern Japanese city on Sept. 3, 2015. The theater produced the doll based on Ishikawa to celebrate a scheduled stage play featuring the singer who will play the wife of a Hakata doll craftsman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fire burns old sake brewery

Fire burns old sake brewery

FUKUOKA, Japan - A fire burns a wooden sake brewing facility, built about 140 years ago and registered as a national cultural asset, in Fukuoka's Hakata district in southwestern Japan on Oct. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

(1)Robots show off skills in Fukuoka shopping arcade

(1)Robots show off skills in Fukuoka shopping arcade

FUKUOKA, Japan - A humanoid robot moves from one shop to another for shopping on the street in the Fukuoka's Hakata district on Feb. 21. A group of university and corporate researchers tested various robots in a shopping arcade in Fukuoka in the first experiment of its kind in Japan. The city has been designated as a special zone for robot research and development. (Kyodo)