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Farmer from Chiba Pref. wins giant pumpkin competition

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Yoji Miyamoto poses with his giant pumpkin on Shodo Island in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 21, 2014, after the pumpkin weighing 458.1 kilograms won the giant pumpkin competition. Miyamto started growing giant pumpkins in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, about eight years ago.

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Trainer communicates with killer whales

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 26, 2013 shows Kanae Komatsu, a trainer of killer whales at Kamogawa Sea World, an aquarium in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture.

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Steller sea lion back to Fukushima aquarium

CHIBA, Japan - A Steller sea lion called Fuku is hoisted in a cage by crane at Kamogawa Seaworld in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on March 21, 2012, to be transported to Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Fuku was evacuated to the Chiba aquarium after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, and is the last evacuee of the Fukushima aquarium to be sent home.

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Killer whale transported

NAGOYA, Japan - Male killer whale Bingo is lifted at Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya on Dec. 15, 2011. He was transported by ship from Kamogawa Seaworld aquarium in Chiba Prefecture.

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Killer whale transported

NAGOYA, Japan - Male killer whale Bingo is lifted at Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya on Dec. 15, 2011. He was transported by ship from Kamogawa Seaworld aquarium in Chiba Prefecture.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony.

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Fishing boats hit by gusts

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing boats lean on each other at a port in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2010, after being hit by wind gusts.

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Emperor, empress visit rice paddies

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit terraced rice paddies in a mountainous area in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit rice paddies

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit terraced rice paddies in a mountainous area in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Central, South American envoys experience rice planting

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadors, embassy officials and their family members from 15 Central and South American countries experience ''taue'' (rice planting) at rice fields in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on April 19, 2010, at the invitation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu.

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KAMOGAWA, Japan - In this aerial view, the sea current rises into the mouth of the Kamo River in Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast.

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Giant salamander found walking along road in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a 105-centimeter-long giant salamander a motorist found walking along a road along the Kamogawa River in Kyoto on June 30. The salamander was brought to a police station and kept there for several hours in a tub filled with water before being released upstream.

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Outdoor Japanese restaurants open for summer in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists enjoy food and drink in the cool evening air with traditional Japanese entertainers, known as ''maiko'' in Kyoto, at an open-air Japanese restaurant on May 1 after a traditional elevated floor space along the Kamogawa River opened for the summer the same day.

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Outdoor Japanese restaurants open for summer in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists enjoy food and drink in the cool evening air with traditional Japanese entertainers, known as ''maiko'' in Kyoto, at an open-air Japanese restaurant on May 1 after a traditional elevated floor space along the Kamogawa River opened for the summer the same day.

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Outdoor Japanese restaurants open for summer in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists enjoy food and drink with a ''Maiko'' at an open-air Japanese restaurant on May 1 as a traditional elevated floor space along the Kamogawa River opened for the summer the same day.

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Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Japan's first dolphin calf (R) produced from artificial insemination is doing well at Kamogawa Seaworld amusement park in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 12. The female bottlenose dolphin named Sunny was born in July 2003 and has grown to 2 meters in length and weighs 140 kilograms.

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Kyoto teahouses open riverside seats for summer

KYOTO, Japan - ''Maiko,'' or apprentice geisha, fill cups with sake for guests as traditional summer seats at teahouses opened by the Kamogawa River in Kyoto May 1.

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Tourist season begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A male tourist beams as he is served by a ''maiko'' (dancing girl) May 1 at the ''noryodoko'', a special stall set up on the embankment of the Kamogawa River annually during the summer tourist season in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto.

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Seal seen swimming in Tokyo's Tama River

TOKYO, Japan - A seal puppy is seen swimming in the Tama River near the Maruko Bridge in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Aug. 15. The seal, which is about one meter long, was first seen near the bridge about one week ago. An official at Kamogawa Seaworld in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, said the seal, which usually inhabits the Arctic, may have mistakenly gone south to seek food and strayed into the river.

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31 mil. yen stolen in attack on cash transport vehicle

CHIBA, Japan - Police officials investigate near a cash transport van in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 19, from which about 31.1 million yen in cash and checks were stolen earlier in the day. The vehicle was stormed by four or five men when two security guards returned to the car after collecting cash from the Kamogawa office of Sagawa Express Co.

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Unseasonal cherry blossoms surprise people in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Unseasonal cherry blossoms on the bank of the Kamogawa River in the ancient capital Kyoto, western Japan, are surprising citizens and tourists. In Japan, cherry trees usually bloom in the spring, peaking around April.

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Rice reaping begins in Chiba Pref.

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Rice reaping begins in sunny weather at a golden rice field in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 8. Rice is cropped in the fall in many places, but Kamogawa's rice is called ''hayabamai,'' or early rice.

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1.2 meter salamander found in Kyoto

This 1.2-meter-long salamander is found on the bank of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto on May 16. A walker found the amphibious animal and informed the police. In Japan, the salamander is registered as a protected species. It was released later in the day upstream near Ohara in the northern part of Kyoto City.

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Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Japan's first dolphin calf (R) produced from artificial insemination is doing well at Kamogawa Seaworld amusement park in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 12. The female bottlenose dolphin named Sunny was born in July 2003 and has grown to 2 meters in length and weighs 140 kilograms. (Kyodo)

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Outdoor Japanese restaurants open for summer in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists enjoy food and drink in the cool evening air with traditional Japanese entertainers, known as ''maiko'' in Kyoto, at an open-air Japanese restaurant on May 1 after a traditional elevated floor space along the Kamogawa River opened for the summer the same day. (Kyodo)

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Outdoor Japanese restaurants open for summer in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists enjoy food and drink in the cool evening air with traditional Japanese entertainers, known as ''maiko'' in Kyoto, at an open-air Japanese restaurant on May 1 after a traditional elevated floor space along the Kamogawa River opened for the summer the same day. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto teahouses open riverside seats for summer

KYOTO, Japan - ''Maiko,'' or apprentice geisha, fill cups with sake for guests as traditional summer seats at teahouses opened by the Kamogawa River in Kyoto May 1. (Kyodo)

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Rice terrace illumination event in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2015, shows a rice terrace lit up with 10,000 light-emitting diodes in Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan. The annual lighting at the Oyama-Senmaida terrace takes place for four hours from 5 p.m. every day through Jan. 4, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant salamander found walking along road in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a 105-centimeter-long giant salamander a motorist found walking along a road along the Kamogawa River in Kyoto on June 30. The salamander was brought to a police station and kept there for several hours in a tub filled with water before being released upstream. (Kyodo)

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Outdoor Japanese restaurants open for summer in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists enjoy food and drink with a ''Maiko'' at an open-air Japanese restaurant on May 1 as a traditional elevated floor space along the Kamogawa River opened for the summer the same day. (Kyodo)

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Killer whale transported

NAGOYA, Japan - Male killer whale Bingo is lifted at Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya on Dec. 15, 2011. He was transported by ship from Kamogawa Seaworld aquarium in Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Killer whale transported

NAGOYA, Japan - Male killer whale Bingo is lifted at Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya on Dec. 15, 2011. He was transported by ship from Kamogawa Seaworld aquarium in Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Farming life opens possibilities for both young and old

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Akiko Osawa (right), of Tokyo, cuts down trees along with her colleague at the Kamogawa Farm-Return School's farm in the city of Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit rice paddies

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit terraced rice paddies in a mountainous area in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2010. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit rice paddies

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit terraced rice paddies in a mountainous area in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2010. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Central, South American envoys experience rice planting

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadors, embassy officials and their family members from 15 Central and South American countries experience ''taue'' (rice planting) at rice fields in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on April 19, 2010, at the invitation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu. (Kyodo)

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Steller sea lion back to Fukushima aquarium

CHIBA, Japan - A Steller sea lion called Fuku is hoisted in a cage by crane at Kamogawa Seaworld in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on March 21, 2012, to be transported to Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Fuku was evacuated to the Chiba aquarium after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, and is the last evacuee of the Fukushima aquarium to be sent home. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KAMOGAWA, Japan - In this aerial view, the sea current rises into the mouth of the Kamo River in Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boats hit by gusts

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing boats lean on each other at a port in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2010, after being hit by wind gusts. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boats hit by gusts

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing boats lean on each other at a port in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2010, after being hit by wind gusts. (Kyodo)

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Derailed train car in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the derailed front car of a train in Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 8, 2020. There have been no reports of injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Derailed train car in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the derailed front car of a train in Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 8, 2020. There have been no reports of injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Derailed train car in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the derailed front car of a train in Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 8, 2020. There have been no reports of injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attraction at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan

A killer whale splashes water on the crowd at the Kamogawa Sea World aquarium in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attraction at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan

A killer whale splashes water on the crowd at the Kamogawa Sea World aquarium in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attraction at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan

A killer whale splashes water on the crowd at the Kamogawa Sea World aquarium in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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