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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

A giant float takes part in the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

A giant float takes part in the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

A giant float takes part in the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

People watch giant floats during the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

People watch giant floats during the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Medical transport helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken April 10, 2025, at a port in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a salvaged medical transport helicopter that crashed off neighboring Nagasaki Prefecture on April 6, killing three of the six people aboard.

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Medical transport helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken April 10, 2025, at a port in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a salvaged medical transport helicopter that crashed off neighboring Nagasaki Prefecture on April 6, killing three of the six people aboard.

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Medical transport helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken April 10, 2025, at a port in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a salvaged medical transport helicopter that crashed off neighboring Nagasaki Prefecture on April 6, killing three of the six people aboard.

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Karatsu Precision's signboard, logo

Signboard and logo of Karatsu Precision. (Taken at JIMTOF2024)=November 6,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Karatsu Precision's signboard, logo

Signboard and logo of Karatsu Precision Co. (Taken at JIMTOF2024.) Signboard and logo of Karatsu Precision.=November 6,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Giant float festival in Japan

A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Giant float festival in Japan

A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Signboard and logo of Karatsu Shinkin Bank

Signboard and logo of Karatsu Shinkin Bank=Date:October 14, 2023, Place:Saga

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Signboard and logo of Karatsu Shinkin Bank

Signboard and logo of Karatsu Shinkin Bank=Date:October 14, 2023, Place:Saga

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Festival with whale-shaped float in Saga

People parade with a whale-shaped float during the Yobuko Kunchi festival in an area that once flourished from whaling in Karatsu city of Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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Festival with whale-shaped float in Saga

People parade with a whale-shaped float during the Yobuko Kunchi festival in an area that once flourished from whaling in Karatsu city of Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a search and rescue operation continuing at the site of a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 11, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a search and rescue operation continuing at the site of a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 11, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a search and rescue operation continuing at the site of a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 11, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a search and rescue operation continuing at the site of a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 11, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken on July 10, 2023, shows houses hit by a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken on July 10, 2023, shows the site of a mudslide in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Rescue workers remove mud from a house hit by a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken on July 10, 2023, shows a house hit by a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Saga

Photo taken on July 10, 2023, shows a house hit by a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following heavy rain.

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Saga high school wins award in flower-arranging contest

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Karatsu Minami High School in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, poses behind their work that won an excellent award in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Colorful float paraded at southwestern Japan festival

SAGA, Japan - A massive float shaped like a sea bream is drawn through a street in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at the annual "Karatsu Kunchi" festival on Nov. 3, 2014.

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Massive floats paraded at southwestern Japan festival

SAGA, Japan - Several massive floats made chiefly of wood and lacquer are paraded along a street in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at the annual "Karatsu Kunchi" festival on Nov. 3, 2014.

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Residents get iodine to prepare for possible nuke mishap

KARATSU, Japan - Residents in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, receive iodine tablets from pharmacists on Sept. 28, 2014, in preparation for a possible accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant located nearby.

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Natural energy council meeting in Saga Pref.

KARATSU, Japan - The natural energy council formed by Softbank Corp. and Japanese prefectures holds a general meeting in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on July 16, 2014.

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Masuzoe after governors' meeting

KARATSU, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe answers questions from the press after the National Governors' Association conference in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 15, 2014.

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Govs. declare to tackle low birth rate

KARATSU, Japan - The National Governors' Association holds a conference in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on July 15, 2014. It compiled an emergency declaration to tackle the issue of low birth rate through combining efforts of the central and local governments.

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Female editor promotes remote islands

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a regional promotion event held in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture visit Kashiwa Island about 600 meters off the city in southern Japan on Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Industry-gov't-academia alliance in Kyushu seeks to host ILC

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken March 27, 2013 in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, shows the Sefuri mountain area where ground surveys were conducted as part of joint efforts by local governments, businesses and academia in Kyushu to lure the International Linear Collider, the next-generation accelerator.

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Industry-gov't-academia alliance in Kyushu seeks to host ILC

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken March 27, 2013 shows granite confirmed by ground surveys in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. The surveys confirmed a layer of quake-resistant granite to a depth of more than 600 meters under the city in the Sefuri mountain area where local governments, businesses and academia in Kyushu hope to host the International Linear Collider, the next-generation accelerator.

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Japanese, S. Korean children develop friendship

KARATSU, Japan - Pupils of an elementary school in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, dance to the Japanese folk song "Soranbushi" at the school, to welcome primary school pupils from South Korea (front). The two schools have held exchange events since 2000.

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Japanese, S. Korean children develop friendship

KARATSU, Japan - Pupils of an elementary school in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, dance to the Japanese folk song "Soranbushi" at the school, to welcome primary school pupils from South Korea (R side). The two schools have held exchange events since 2000.

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Festive fish paraded through Karatsu

SAGA, Japan - People draw a float bearing a big sea bream, a celebratory fish in Japan, during the annual Karatsu Kunchi fall festival in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2009.

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Fishermen in Japan stay ashore to appeal over high oil costs

KARATSU, Japan - Fishermen stay ashore at a fishing port in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, July 15 as all member fishermen of the Japan Fisheries Cooperatives and 16 other major fisheries groups in Japan suspended operations in an attempt to raise public awareness of the predicament they face due to soaring fuel costs.

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Karatsu Kunchi festival held in Saga Prefecture

KARATSU, Japan - Large floats are pulled through the Saga prefectural city of Karatsu in southwestern Japan on Nov. 3 during the Nov. 2-4 Karatsu Kunchi, an annual autumn festival of Karatsu Shrine.

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Emperor, empress visit Karatsu pottery master

KARATSU, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) watch Karatsu pottery master Nakazato Taroemon (L) at work in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on Oct. 30.

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Karatsu-Kunchi festival underway in western Japan

KARATSU, Japan - A float is drawn through the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on Nov. 3 during Karatsu-Kunchi, an autumn festival of the Karatsu Shrine. The three-day festival runs until Nov. 4.

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Karatsu-Kunchi festival attracts spectators

KARATSU, Japan - Local people carry one of 14 huge floats during the traditional Karatsu-Kunchi festival of the Karatsu Shrine in Saga Prefecture on Nov. 3. The three-day festival ends Nov. 4.

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Karatsu Kunchi festival in Japan

A giant float is drawn during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2022.