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Japan - Empress Shoken

Empress Shoken (18491914) - empress consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan, later Empress Dowager Shoken. Date: circa 1908

Annual winter illumination starts in Sapporo

Odori Park in Sapporo, northern Japan, is decorated with some 520,000 light bulbs as the annual Sapporo White Illumination event kicks off on Nov. 20, 2015. Illumination will run through Dec. 25 at the park and through March 14 along the Minami-ichijo Dori avenue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event held to promote "udon" noodle dish revived from ancient era

Panelists attend a meeting on the origin of "udon" noodles hosted by a nonprofit organization in Nara, western Japan, on Sept. 19, 2015. The NPO, the Society of Research on Food and Culture of Nara, is promoting a noodle dish said to have been served to Emperor Ichijo during his visit to Kasuga Shrine in Nara in 989 in the Heian period (794-1192). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo