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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Photo taken from an area in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Narita Express trains begin service to foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - A Narita Express train arrives at Kawaguchiko Station on the Fuji Kyuko Line in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 26, 2014, as the express started runs from Narita International Airport to the station close to Mt. Fuji. East Japan Railway Co. and Fuji Kyuko Co. jointly started the runs linking Tokyo's gateway with Mt. Fuji to give tourists from overseas easy access between the airport and the World Heritage site.

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Lavender in full bloom near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 8, 2013, shows lavender plants in full bloom in Oishi Park by Lake Kawaguchi near Mt. Fuji (back).

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Lavender in full bloom near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 8, 2013, shows lavender plants in full bloom in Oishi Park by Lake Kawaguchi near Mt. Fuji (back).

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Sixth lake at foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows ''Lake Aka'' has reappeared for the first time in seven years in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. An area at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji famous for its five lakes has gained a sixth following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke.

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Sixth lake at foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows ''Lake Aka'' has reappeared for the first time in seven years in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. An area at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji famous for its five lakes has gained a sixth following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke.

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'Evangelion World' pavilion completed at Fuji-Q Highland

KOFU, Japan - A life-sized, nine-meter high bust of the Evangelion Unit-01 mecha robot, piloted by Shinji Ikari, the main character in a popular TV animation series, is unveiled to the media at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in the town of Fujiyoshida near the foot of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 15, 2010. The ''Evangelion World'' pavilion will be open to the public from July 23.

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Express train hits 4 rail maintenance workers, 2 die

TOTTORI, Japan - Rescue workers try to save a maintenance worker stuck beneath a train in Kofu Town, Tottori Prerecture, on Jan. 24. An express train hit four West Japan Railway Co. workers engaged in rail maintenance work, killing two of them and injuring the other two.

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Nichiren temple monk accused of evading tax

KOFU, Japan - File photo shows Shichimenzan Keishinin, an affiliate of the Nichiren sect's head temple Minobusan Kuonji, in the town of Minobu. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on March 28 filed a complaint against Yuko Nakazato, a former chief monk of the Buddhist temple, accusing him of concealing 330 million yen in income and evading 120 million yen in taxes over a three-year period up to March 2001.

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Yamanashi Pref. holds 1st Mt. Fuji eruption disaster drill

KOFU, Japan - Firefighters try to rescue people trapped in a collapsed house in a disaster-preparedness drill in the town of Kawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 3. It was the first time for the prefecture to conduct a full-fledged drill assuming an eruption of Mt. Fuji, an active volcano extending from the prefecture's border to that of neighboring Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Nichiren temple monk accused of evading tax

KOFU, Japan - File photo shows Shichimenzan Keishinin, an affiliate of the Nichiren sect's head temple Minobusan Kuonji, in the town of Minobu. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on March 28 filed a complaint against Yuko Nakazato, a former chief monk of the Buddhist temple, accusing him of concealing 330 million yen in income and evading 120 million yen in taxes over a three-year period up to March 2001.

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Yamanashi Pref. holds 1st Mt. Fuji eruption disaster drill

KOFU, Japan - Firefighters try to rescue people trapped in a collapsed house in a disaster-preparedness drill in the town of Kawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 3. It was the first time for the prefecture to conduct a full-fledged drill assuming an eruption of Mt. Fuji, an active volcano extending from the prefecture's border to that of neighboring Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Sixth lake at foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows ''Lake Aka'' has reappeared for the first time in seven years in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. An area at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji famous for its five lakes has gained a sixth following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke. (Kyodo)

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Sixth lake at foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows ''Lake Aka'' has reappeared for the first time in seven years in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. An area at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji famous for its five lakes has gained a sixth following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke. (Kyodo)

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'Evangelion World' pavilion completed at Fuji-Q Highland

KOFU, Japan - A life-sized, nine-meter high bust of the Evangelion Unit-01 mecha robot, piloted by Shinji Ikari, the main character in a popular TV animation series, is unveiled to the media at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in the town of Fujiyoshida near the foot of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 15, 2010. The ''Evangelion World'' pavilion will be open to the public from July 23. (Kyodo)

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Express train hits 4 rail maintenance workers, 2 die

TOTTORI, Japan - Rescue workers try to save a maintenance worker stuck beneath a train in Kofu Town, Tottori Prerecture, on Jan. 24. An express train hit four West Japan Railway Co. workers engaged in rail maintenance work, killing two of them and injuring the other two. (Kyodo)

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A view of a village in the mountains

The Kamakura Highway (Misakaji) connecting the Kofu Basin in the south with Shizuoka is an old road dating back to ancient times. This photograph depicts the village of Fujinoki (present-day Misaka-machi, Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture). Fujinoki was a tenma-shuku (a post town where travelers changed horses) on the Kofu Basin side, leading to the Misaka Pass of the Kamakura Highway. Misaka Pass is in the left background, viewed looking south from the Kofu Basin side. Nothing is known about the stone statue visible in the lower left.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐28‐0]

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Narita Express trains begin service to foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - A Narita Express train arrives at Kawaguchiko Station on the Fuji Kyuko Line in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 26, 2014, as the express started runs from Narita International Airport to the station close to Mt. Fuji. East Japan Railway Co. and Fuji Kyuko Co. jointly started the runs linking Tokyo's gateway with Mt. Fuji to give tourists from overseas easy access between the airport and the World Heritage site. (Kyodo)

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Carp streamers in Japan's Tottori

Carp streamers swirl in the wind in the Tottori Prefecture town of Kofu, western Japan, on May 3, 2021. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Carp streamers in Japan's Tottori

Carp streamers swirl in the wind in the Tottori Prefecture town of Kofu, western Japan, on May 3, 2021. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Carp streamers in Japan's Tottori

Carp streamers swirl in the wind in the Tottori Prefecture town of Kofu, western Japan, on May 3, 2021. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Carp streamers in Japan's Tottori

Carp streamers swirl in the wind in the Tottori Prefecture town of Kofu, western Japan, on May 3, 2021. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.