Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Japanese apricot blossoms in eastern Japan

Japanese apricot blossoms are in full bloom on March 1, 2024, at Kairakuen -- known as one of the three greatest gardens in Japan -- in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

E

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako (R) visits the Kairakuen garden in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

E

Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site.

E

Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site.

E

Plum blossom at Kairakuen plum park in Mito, Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - Flowering plum trees at the Kairakuen plum park in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, which marked the opening of this year's plum blossom festival on Feb. 20. Kairakuen, one of the largest plum-tree parks in Japan, boasts 3,000 plum trees of some 100 species. Cold weather has delayed the blossoming at Kairakuen this year, and only a fraction of the plum trees there have blossomed. The peak blossom-viewing time will be from early to mid-March. The plum blossom festival will run through March 31.

E

'Ume' festival' begins at Kairakuen Park in Mito

MITO, Japan - Visitors enjoy watching plum blossoms at Kairakuen Park, one of Japan's three most celebrated landscape gardens in Mito, on Feb. 20 as the annual ''Ume (Japanese plum)' blossoms festival begins there. Some 1.4 million people are expected to visit the garden during the festival which runs until March 31.

E

Plum blossoms in full bloom at Kairakuen

MITO, Japan - Tourists take to Kairakuen Park in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 19 to view plum blossoms in full bloom.

E

Event representatives visit Kyodo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of representatives of an exhibition on Japan's three most celebrated gardens visit Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 27. The four-day event is to open Oct. 28 in Tokyo to introduce the gardens -- Kairakuen in Mito, northeast of Tokyo, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast and Korakuen in Okayama, western Japan.

E

Plum blossoms in full bloom at Kairakuen

MITO, Japan - Tourists take to Kairakuen Park in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 19 to view plum blossoms in full bloom. (Kyodo)

E

Plum blossoms in full bloom at Kairakuen garden

Plum blossoms are in full bloom at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 13, 2016. There are about 3,000 ume (plum) trees in Kairakuen, one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan, along with Kenrokuen in Kanazawa and Korakuen in Okayama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Plum blossoms in full bloom at Kairakuen garden

Plum blossoms are in full bloom at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 13, 2016. There are about 3,000 ume (plum) trees in Kairakuen, one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan, along with Kenrokuen in Kanazawa and Korakuen in Okayama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

PM Abe meets Japanese apricot ambassadors

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses for a photo with ambassadors for Japanese apricots in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016. The ambassadors, who visited the prime minister to promote an apricot festival being held at the Kairakuen park in Mito, eastern Japan, gave him a "bonsai" miniature potted apricot tree as a gift. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

PM Abe meets Japanese apricot ambassadors

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses for a photo with ambassadors for Japanese apricots in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016. The ambassadors, who visited the prime minister to promote an apricot festival being held at the Kairakuen park in Mito, eastern Japan, gave him a "bonsai" miniature potted apricot tree as a gift. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kairakuen garden in Mito

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) speaks with Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto at the Kairakuen Japanese garden in Mito on March 9, 2015. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Kennedy visits plum tree park

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy views plum blossoms at the Kairakuen park in Mito, north of Tokyo, on March 9, 2015. The blossoms at the park, which has around 3,000 plum trees, are at their best around this time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Precocious plum blossoms in Kairakuen at best time

Precocious plum blossoms are at their best at Kairakuen park in Mito, north of Tokyo, drawing many tourist on March 6, 2015. As a whole the park, which has around 3,000 plum trees, is at its best in mid-March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Digital art work by teamLab

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2021, shows work by digital art collective teamLab at the Kairakuen garden in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

E

Digital art work by teamLab

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2021, shows work by digital art collective teamLab at the Kairakuen garden in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

E

Digital art work by teamLab

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2021, shows work by digital art collective teamLab at the Kairakuen garden in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

E

Digital art work by teamLab

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2021, shows work by digital art collective teamLab at the Kairakuen garden in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

E

Plum blossom at Kairakuen plum park in Mito, Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - Flowering plum trees at the Kairakuen plum park in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, which marked the opening of this year's plum blossom festival on Feb. 20. Kairakuen, one of the largest plum-tree parks in Japan, boasts 3,000 plum trees of some 100 species. Cold weather has delayed the blossoming at Kairakuen this year, and only a fraction of the plum trees there have blossomed. The peak blossom-viewing time will be from early to mid-March. The plum blossom festival will run through March 31. (Kyodo)

E

'Ume' festival' begins at Kairakuen Park in Mito

MITO, Japan - Visitors enjoy watching plum blossoms at Kairakuen Park, one of Japan's three most celebrated landscape gardens in Mito, on Feb. 20 as the annual ''Ume (Japanese plum)' blossoms festival begins there. Some 1.4 million people are expected to visit the garden during the festival which runs until March 31. (Kyodo)

E

Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site. (Kyodo)

E

Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site. (Kyodo)

E

Mito Plum Blossom Festival begins

Visitors stroll through Kairakuen, known as one of the three greatest gardens in Japan, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2017, at the beginning of the annual Mito Plum Blossom Festival scheduled to run through March 31. The garden, created in 1842, contains around 3,000 plum trees representing about 100 varieties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

New coronavirus

Photo taken on May 16, 2020, shows Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, after a coronavirus state of emergency was lifted in 39 of Japan's 47 prefectures on May 14, including the eastern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Plum blossom festival

Visitors look at plum blossoms in Kairakuen, known as one of the three greatest gardens in Japan, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2019, at the beginning of the annual plum blossom festival scheduled to run through March 31. The garden, created in 1842, contains around 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Plum blossom festival

Visitors stroll through Kairakuen, known as one of the three greatest gardens in Japan, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2019, at the beginning of the annual plum blossom festival scheduled to run through March 31. The garden, created in 1842, contains around 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Event representatives visit Kyodo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of representatives of an exhibition on Japan's three most celebrated gardens visit Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 27. The four-day event is to open Oct. 28 in Tokyo to introduce the gardens -- Kairakuen in Mito, northeast of Tokyo, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast and Korakuen in Okayama, western Japan.