Year of Horse in 2026

Year of Horse in 2026

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows clay bells each topped with a horse at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. A total of 1,300 bells are on sale at the shrine ahead of 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

Year of Horse in 2026

Year of Horse in 2026

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows a clay bell topped with a horse at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. A total of 1,300 bells are on sale at the shrine ahead of 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

Year of Snake in 2025

Year of Snake in 2025

Making of clay bells topped with snakes is under way at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2024, in preparation for 2025, the Year of Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

Year of Snake in 2025

Year of Snake in 2025

Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2024, shows a clay bell topped with a snake at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Production of the bells is at its peak in preparation for 2025, the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

(SP)CROATIA-OSIJEK-PANNONIAN CHALLENGE-SKATEBOARDING

(SP)CROATIA-OSIJEK-PANNONIAN CHALLENGE-SKATEBOARDING

(230617) -- OSIJEK, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fanni Konda of Hungary competes in the Skateboarding Pro finals during the 2023 Pannonian Challenge, a festival of extreme sports and urban culture, in Osijek, Croatia, June 16, 2023. (Photo by Davor Javorovic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

Aerial view of Higashiyama rectangular tomb mound

Aerial view of Higashiyama rectangular tomb mound

OSAKA, Japan - An aerial view of the Higashiyama rectangular-shaped tomb mound (foreground) adjacent to the Konda-gobyoyama tumulus attributed to Emperor Ojin in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, is shown in this file photo taken in May 2014 from a Kyodo News helicopter. The tomb mound measures 57 meters from east to west and 54 meters from north to south, having previously been estimated to be 50 meters each.

Clay figures found lined up at tomb mound in western Japan

Clay figures found lined up at tomb mound in western Japan

FUJIIDERA, Japan - Clay figures are lined up in circles on a terrace (foreground) at the Higashiyama rectangular-shaped tomb mound in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014. The tomb, built in the early fifth century, is attached to the Konda-gobyoyama tumulus believed to belong to Emperor Ojin, described in ancient documents as Japan's 15th emperor.

Osaka shrine prepares monkey-shaped clay bells for New Year

Osaka shrine prepares monkey-shaped clay bells for New Year

Making of monkey-shaped clay bells is underway at the Konda-hachiman Shrine in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2015, in preparation for the New Year, as 2016 falls on the Year of the Monkey. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aerial view of Higashiyama rectangular tomb mound

Aerial view of Higashiyama rectangular tomb mound

OSAKA, Japan - An aerial view of the Higashiyama rectangular-shaped tomb mound (foreground) adjacent to the Konda-gobyoyama tumulus attributed to Emperor Ojin in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, is shown in this file photo taken in May 2014 from a Kyodo News helicopter. The tomb mound measures 57 meters from east to west and 54 meters from north to south, having previously been estimated to be 50 meters each. (Kyodo)