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Bungee jumping in eastern Japan

A man performs a bungee jumping from a bridge about 100 meters above ground in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Hitachiota, eastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, while shouting his hopes for this year.

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Bungee jumping in eastern Japan

A woman in a long-sleeved kimono performs a bungee jumping from a bridge about 100 meters above ground in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Hitachiota, eastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, while shouting her hopes for this year.

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Bungee jumping in eastern Japan

A 20-year-old woman in a long-sleeved kimono performs a bungee jumping from a bridge about 100 meters above ground in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Hitachiota, eastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, while shouting her hopes for this year.

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Bungee jumping in eastern Japan

A woman in a long-sleeved kimono performs a bungee jumping from a bridge about 100 meters above ground in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Hitachiota, eastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, while shouting her hopes for this year.

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Bungee jumping in Japan

MITO, Japan - A man engages in bungee jumping in Hitachiota, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2014. A total of nine men and women did a bungee jump from a 100-meter-high bridge, making it the highest bungee jumping spot in Japan, the same day to commemorate their coming of age.

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Natto makers battle declining consumption

MITO, Japan - Homemaker Yasuko Inoue, 39, and her 4-year-old daughter Ai participate in a course to make natto or fermented soybeans by hand in Hitachiota, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 2.

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Pioneer and other companies will proceed with demonstration tests of automated driving services

Pioneer, Michinori Holdings (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo), and Ibaraki Kotsu (Mito City) will conduct a demonstration experiment of an automated driving service using the 3D-LiDAR (LIDAR) laser scanner sensor on public roads in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture until March 21. The experiment will verify that a self-driving bus equipped with the LIDAR sensor can detect people standing on the route and safely board the bus. The sensor will be installed in an automated vehicle provided by Yamaha Motor, which will run a section of approximately 1.8 kilometers. The effectiveness of the LIDAR sensor, which is capable of detecting objects in three dimensions with high resolution, will be verified, and this will lead to the sorting out and resolution of issues for the social implementation of self-driving buses.Image taken on June 22, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, license plate has been modified.

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Bungee jumping in coming-of-age celebration

A woman bungee-jumps in kimono from Ryujin Otsuribashi bridge in the Japanese city of Hitachiota on Jan. 9, 2016. A total of 10 "new adults" celebrating turning 20 years old bungee-jumped in suits or kimono to make their coming-of-age celebration memorable. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civic theatre troupe rehearses play themed on "hibakusha"

Members of a civic theatre troupe in Ibaraki Prefecture's Hitachiota rehearse on May 26, 2015, for an upcoming performance of the play "Hiroshima no Inori," depicting the suffering of atomic bomb survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a suspension bridge in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Hitachiota, eastern Japan, on July 4, 2021.

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Bungee jumping for new adults in Japan

An annual bungee jumping event is held at a 100-meter-tall suspension bridge in Hitachiota near Tokyo for 10 Japanese who attained adulthood in fiscal 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bungee jumping for new adults in Japan

An annual bungee jumping event is held at a 100-meter-tall suspension bridge in Hitachiota near Tokyo for 10 Japanese who attained adulthood in fiscal 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bungee jumping for new adults in Japan

An annual bungee jumping event is held at a 100-meter-tall suspension bridge in Hitachiota near Tokyo for 10 Japanese who attained adulthood in fiscal 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman bungee-jumps to celebrate coming-of-age

A woman wearing a kimono does a 100-meter bungee jump in the eastern Japan city of Hitachiota on Jan. 7, 2017, to celebrate her coming-of-age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo