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Japan: Perseid Meteor Shower Observed Across Country 2

The Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on Monday night, August 12, and many shooting stars were observed across Japan.

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[Breaking News]Hydrangea flowers

SANAGOUCHI, Japan, July 8 Kyodo -Hydrangea flowers are in full bloom on a plateau in Sanagouchi, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Hydrangea flowers

SANAGOUCHI, Japan, July 8 Kyodo -Hydrangea flowers are in full bloom on a plateau in Sanagouchi, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2024.(Kyodo)

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CHOPIN AT 1500METERS

CHOPIN AT 1500METERS, Yatsugatake Kogen Lodge Concert, Merry-go-round in the forest, Yatsugatake Kogen Ongakudo, Yatsugatake Kogen Kainokuchi Shizenkyo, Piano sound, Chopin, Nature=Date:1994, Place:Nagano, Yamanashi, Yatsugatake, JAPAN

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Starbucks at highest location in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - People drink coffee at a Starbucks Corp. store in the Shiga Kogen highlands in Nagano Prefecture on Dec. 17, 2013, at a preview the day before its limited period opening. The store stands at an altitude of 2,307 meters, the highest among all the company's outlets in Japan.

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Starbucks at highest location in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - A preview is held at a Starbucks Corp. store in the Shiga Kogen highlands in Nagano Prefecture on Dec. 17, 2013, the day before its limited period opening. The store is located at an altitude of 2,307 meters, the highest among all the company's outlets in Japan.

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Golf: Lee Ji Hee wins 2nd major title in Japan

HACHIMANTAI, Japan, Sept. 10 Kyodo - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee holds the winner's trophy after her victory in the LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at Appi Kogen Golf Club in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2017. Lee picked up her second major title and 22nd career win on the Japan LPGA Tour.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A baby owl sits on the shoulder of Toyoko Minaga, 83, in the town of Jinseki Kogen, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 27, 2014. Owls have built a nest in the attic of her home almost every year since 1991.

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Ski resorts seeking to exploit post-Olympic interest

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 24, 2014 shows people riding snowmobiles at Kinugawa Kogen Snowmobile Land in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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Diaries by film director Ozu, screenwriter

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese film director Yasujiro Ozu (L) and his main screenwriter, Kogo Noda. A book based on diaries by Ozu and Noda that detail their collaborative process when they worked on movie scripts in Tateshina Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, will be published in late July 2013.

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Stolen Buddha statue back after 36 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Chief priest Keijo Sogahara looks at a recovered Buddha statue at Kogen temple in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010. The statue, estimated to have been made between the late 7th century and the first half of the 8th century, was discovered in the catalogue of an auction company in Kyoto 36 years after it was stolen.

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts a chamber orchestra of musicians practicing for their formal performance as part of the annual Saito Kinen Matsumoto festival at the resort area of Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed during a news conference the same day that he had an operation in late January in which his gullet was removed.

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts a chamber orchestra of musicians practicing for their formal performance as part of the annual Saito Kinen Matsumoto festival at the resort area of Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed during a news conference the same day that he had an operation in late January in which his gullet was removed.

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100,000 tulips in bloom at Hiroshima highland farm

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Visitors marvel at blooming tulips at the Sera Kogen Nojo highland farm in Sera, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 29. According to farm officials, the color tone of the 100,000 tulips planted last fall has been enhanced by sharp daytime and nighttime temperature differences on the 500-meter-high highland. The tulip festival on the farm will run through May 11.

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15th anniversary of fatal Shiga train collision marked

KOGA, Japan - Mourners lay flowers during a memorial service in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, on May 14 to mark the 15th anniversary of a fatal train collision between a JR West train and a Shigaraki Kogen Railway train that killed 42 people and injured more than 600. Participants observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture on March 10, flanked by Japan's Akira Sasaki finished second and Friday while local favorite Akira Sasaki finished second and Canada's Thomas Grandi who places third.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich (R) celebrates with champagne after winning a World Cup slalom meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture with runner-up Akira Sasaki (L) of Japan on March 10.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki sprays champagne in celebration after the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki came in second after Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich of Austria.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich wins a World Cup slalom meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture on March 10 in 1 minute, 36.66 seconds.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki races during the second run of the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki finished second behind Austria's Benjamin Raich, equaling a best ever showing by a Japanese skier at a World Cup event.

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Herbst, Palander share victory in World Cup men's slalom

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Austria's Reinfried Herbst (L) and Finland's Kalle Palander jointly hoist the winner's trophy after winning the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom with the same timing of 1 minute 40.60 seconds on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 11.

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12th anniversary of fatal Shiga train collision marked

OTSU, Japan - A member of bereaved families offers her prayer in a memorial service held in Shiga Prefecture on May 14 to mark the 12th anniversary of a fatal 1991 train collision that killed 42 people and injured more than 600. In the accident, a JR West train crashed head-on with a Shigaraki Kogen Railway train on a single-track railway.

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(1)Palander, Schoenfelder tie for 1st at World Cup slalom

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Kalle Palander of Finland tied for first with Austria's Rainer Schoenfelder at an Alpine skiing World Cup slalom race at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture March 8 to claim his fourth consecutive World Cup slalom victory. Both men finished in a dead heat of 1 minute 41.14 seconds.

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(2)Palander, Schoenfelder tie for 1st at World Cup slalom

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Austria's Rainer Schoenfelder tied for first with Kalle Palander of Finland at an Alpine skiing World Cup slalom race at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture on March 8. Both men finished in a dead heat of 1 minute 41.14 seconds.

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4-time Olympic skier Kimura set to retire

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Four-time Olympic skier Kiminobu Kimura speaks to reporters in Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture, on March 6 about his plan to retire at the end of this season. Kimura became the first Japanese skier to earn a World Cup podium finish when he came third in the men's slalom in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, in January 1998.

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Autumn leaves seen in Hokkaido

KAMIKAWA, Japan - Autumn leaves are seen in the Daisetsu Kogen spa district in Hokkaido on Sept. 22.

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Ceremony held on 11th anniversary of fatal train collision

OTSU, Japan - Families of the victims and officials of Shigaraki Kogen Railway (SKR) attend a memorial service held in Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14 to mark the 11th anniversary of a 1991 fatal train collision that killed 42 people and injured more than 600 others.

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Taiwan's Lin claims career 1st in playoff at Aiful Cup

AJIGASAWA, Japan - Taiwanese Lin Keng-chi smiles with the winners' trophy at the Ajigasawa Kogen Golf Club in Aomori Prefecture on July 15 after winning the Aiful Cup tournament for his first career victory on the Japanese tour. Lin beat overnight-leader Toru Suzuki in a playoff.

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Suzuki takes 1-shot halfway lead at Aiful Cup golf

AJIGASAWA, Japan - Toru Suzuki made six birdies for his second straight 66 on July 13 to grab a one-shot lead on 12-under-par 132 at the halfway point of the Aiful Cup golf tournament at the Ajigasawa Kogen Golf Club in Aomori Prefecture.

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'Herminator' cruises at Alpine skiing World Cup meet

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Austrian superstar Hermann Maier wins the men's giant slalom at an Alpine skiing World Cup meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15. Maier notched his fourth giant slalom win of the season after crossing the finish line in two minutes, 43.49 seconds, way ahead of Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein, who clocked 2:45.23 for second place.

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Wilson rallies for win in Aiful Cup golf

AJIGASAWA KOGEN, Japan - American Dean Wilson raises a trophy after closing with a 6-under-par 66 on July 16 to come from behind and claim his first tour title in Japan with a one-stroke triumph in the 90 million yen Aiful Cup golf tournament. Wilson carded seven birdies against one bogey over the Ajigasawa Golf Club's 7,107-yard course layout in Aomori Prefecture for a 17-under-par total of 271.

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Elfman wins World Cup dual moguls

Marja Elfman of Sweden caps the freestyle skiing World Cup season with a victory in the women's dual moguls on Feb. 21. Elfman captured her first win this season by beating Shannon Bahrke of the United States in the finals of the women's competition at Madarao Kogen in Nagano Prefecture.

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German alpine skier Hilde Gerg

German alpine skier Hilde Gerg skis into second place in the first round of the Nagano Olympics women's slalom on Feb. 19. Italy's two-time Olympic champion Deborah Compagnoni finished ahead of the field at the Shiga Kogen highlands in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture.

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Gerg crashes Compagnoni's gold

Germany's Hilde Gerg shows the emotion after her come-from-behind gold medal win in the Nagano Olympic women's slalom on Feb. 19. Gerg was in second place behind Italy's Deborah Compagnoni after the first run at Shiga Kogen, Central Japan.

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Maier leads Alpine skiing men's giant slalom

Hermann Maier of Austria leads the first leg of the Nagano Olympic Alpine skiing men's giant slalom in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on Feb. 19, at a time of 1 minute 20.36 seconds. He was followed by compatriots Christian Mayer and Stefan Eberharter.

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Olympic skiers check course before competition

Skiers are checking closely the course of the Nagano Winter Olympics men's Alpine skiing in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on Feb. 19 before their competition starts under clear skies.

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Compagnoni leads in Olympic women's slalom

Two-time Olympic champion Deborah Compagnoni of Italy skies aggressively over the course on Mt. Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on Feb . 19 to lead the first round of the Nagano Winter Games women's slalom race with a comfortable 0.60-second lead. Compagnoni won the giant slalom crown at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and Super G event two years earlier in Albertville.

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Stone turns golden in Olympic aerials

Nikki Stone (C) of the U.S. celebrates her Olympic gold in the women's freestyle aerials on Feb. 18 at the Iizuna Kogen ski park in northern Nagano. She is flanked on the podium by silver medalist Xu Nannan (L) of China and Switzerland's Colette Brand (R), who took the bronze.

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Ruby wins women's snowboard giant slalom

Odds-on favorite Karine Ruby of France wins the gold medal in the women's snowboard giant slalom event Feb. 10 at the Nagano Olympic Winter Games. Ruby, the winner of six World Cup slalom events earlier this year, made two steady runs down the 936-meter course on the snow-draped Mt. Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, to win with an aggregate time of 2 minutes, 17.34 seconds.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture on March 10, flanked by Japan's Akira Sasaki finished second and Friday while local favorite Akira Sasaki finished second and Canada's Thomas Grandi who places third. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich wins a World Cup slalom meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture on March 10 in 1 minute, 36.66 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich (R) celebrates with champagne after winning a World Cup slalom meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture with runner-up Akira Sasaki (L) of Japan on March 10. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki races during the second run of the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki finished second behind Austria's Benjamin Raich, equaling a best ever showing by a Japanese skier at a World Cup event. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki sprays champagne in celebration after the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki came in second after Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich of Austria. (Kyodo)

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Herbst, Palander share victory in World Cup men's slalom

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Austria's Reinfried Herbst (L) and Finland's Kalle Palander jointly hoist the winner's trophy after winning the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom with the same timing of 1 minute 40.60 seconds on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Elfman wins World Cup dual moguls

Marja Elfman of Sweden caps the freestyle skiing World Cup season with a victory in the women's dual moguls on Feb. 21. Elfman captured her first win this season by beating Shannon Bahrke of the United States in the finals of the women's competition at Madarao Kogen in Nagano Prefecture.

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(2)Palander, Schoenfelder tie for 1st at World Cup slalom

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Austria's Rainer Schoenfelder tied for first with Kalle Palander of Finland at an Alpine skiing World Cup slalom race at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture on March 8. Both men finished in a dead heat of 1 minute 41.14 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Lin claims career 1st in playoff at Aiful Cup

AJIGASAWA, Japan - Taiwanese Lin Keng-chi smiles with the winners' trophy at the Ajigasawa Kogen Golf Club in Aomori Prefecture on July 15 after winning the Aiful Cup tournament for his first career victory on the Japanese tour. Lin beat overnight-leader Toru Suzuki in a playoff.

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Wilson rallies for win in Aiful Cup golf

AJIGASAWA KOGEN, Japan - American Dean Wilson raises a trophy after closing with a 6-under-par 66 on July 16 to come from behind and claim his first tour title in Japan with a one-stroke triumph in the 90 million yen Aiful Cup golf tournament. Wilson carded seven birdies against one bogey over the Ajigasawa Golf Club's 7,107-yard course layout in Aomori Prefecture for a 17-under-par total of 271.

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4-time Olympic skier Kimura set to retire

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Four-time Olympic skier Kiminobu Kimura speaks to reporters in Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture, on March 6 about his plan to retire at the end of this season. Kimura became the first Japanese skier to earn a World Cup podium finish when he came third in the men's slalom in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, in January 1998. (Kyodo)