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Crystal-glass Christmas trees sparkle at Hakone museum

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2024, shows Christmas trees decorated with crystal glass set up for display in the pond of the garden of the Venetian Glass Museum in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan. Two trees, 11 meters and 8 meters high, are decorated with approximately 85,000 and 65,000 pieces of crystal glass, respectively, and will be on display until Jan. 13, 2025.

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Hakone tram conductor popular for his witty comments

HAKONE, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 26, 2013 at the Hakone-Yumoto Station shows Shinya Ochiai, a conductor on the Hakone Tozan Railway Co.'s mountain tram in Kanagawa Prefecture who is popular for his witty explanations.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Toyo University anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara cuts the tape in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, after pacing his team to a commanding lead of more than 5 minutes after the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort of Hakone in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - (From L to R) Toshiyuki Sakai, Toyo University's ekiden team coach, and team members Hiroyuki Uno, Keita Shitara, Kenji Yamamoto and Ryuji Kashiwabara celebrate in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, after winning the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay. Anchor Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Volcanic alert raised for Mt. Hakone

HAKONE, Japan, May 6 Kyodo - Tourists leave a station of the Hakone Ropeway in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture on May 6, 2015, after its operation was suspended due to intensifying volcanic activity in the Owakudani hot spring district of Mt. Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo. Japanese authorities raised the volcanic alert for the mountain the same day, anticipating a possible small steam eruption.

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Unheralded Aoyama Gakuin on top in collegiate ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Daichi Kamino (top) of Aoyama Gakuin University is tossed into the air by his teammates after crossing the finish line first in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, of the annual collegiate ekiden race on Jan. 2, 2015. The university won the first day of the two-day road race between Tokyo's Otemachi business district and the spa town of Hakone for the first time ever, in 5 hours, 23 minutes, 58 seconds.

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Crystal Christmas tree

HAKONE, Japan - A Christmas tree made of crystal glass is set up at the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2013.

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"Mothers of women's golf" in Japan, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Higuchi (C) takes part in a pro-am tournament at Daihakone Country Club in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 22, 2013. Even after retiring from her post as president of the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan, Higuchi has played a part in boosting women's golf tours.

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Lower house speaker Kono to retire from politics

HAKONE, Japan - House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono speaks about his intention to retire from politics at a news conference in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 18.

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Miyazato wins 3rd of season at New Caterpillar M'bishi

HAKONE, Japan - Ai Miyazato holds up the trophy gained for her victory in the New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies golf on Aug. 21 at Daihakone Country Club in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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(2)Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, shakes hands with Sri Lankan Constitutional Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris, on March 18 at a hotel in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, ahead of the opening of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels.

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(3)Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels begin in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18.

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Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and Japanese government representative Yasushi Akashi pose for a photograph prior to the start of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18.

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Tang, Kono go on a boat excursion on scenic Lake Ashinoko

HAKONE, Japan - Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan went on a boat excursion May 13 on scenic Lake Ashinoko in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, with Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, before returning home later in the day. Photo shows Kono (R) and Tang (C) in the boat's cabin.

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Tang, Kono promise Beijing reunion after Hakone cruise

HAKONE, Japan - Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan spent May 13 in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, with Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, before returning home later in the day. Photo shows Kono (Second from R) and Tang (Third from L) planting a 2.5-meter-high kousa dogwood to commemorate the bilateral friendship near the hotel Tang stayed the night of May 12.