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Grandma who knows history of Kompira Kabuki

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Takuko Yamamoto shows confetti she made for parades ahead of spring Kabuki performances in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, at her home in the town on April 3, 2013. She has helped liven up performances known as "Shikoku Kompira Kabuki Oshibai" at Kanamaruza, or Kyu Kompira Oshibai (Old Kompira Grand Theater), for nearly 30 years by making boxes of confetti to be thrown over the heads of performers during pre-opening parades every year.

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'Pop daruma' dolls

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 5, 2012, shows ''pop daruma,'' new products of local specialty crafts created with traditional carving techniques. The new line is popular with its combination of a stern facial expression and brightly colored design.

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Kotohira Shrine art exhibition to open in Paris

PARIS, France - The recreated interior of Japan's Kotohira Shrine is opened to the press at the Guimet Museum in Paris on Oct. 13 for a special exhibition featuring the screen and sliding-door paintings of the Shinto shrine in Kagawa Prefecture. The exhibition will open Oct. 15 and run through Dec. 8.

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Japanese train painted in Ukrainian flag colors

Photo taken on April 19, 2022, shows a Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Co. train painted in the yellow and blue colors of the Ukrainian national flag in the Kagawa Prefecture city of Takamatsu, western Japan, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Japanese train painted in Ukrainian flag colors

Photo taken on April 19, 2022, shows a Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Co. train painted in the yellow and blue colors of the Ukrainian national flag in the Kagawa Prefecture city of Takamatsu, western Japan, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner goes up stone steps leading to Kotohira-gu shrine in Kotohira in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner goes down stone steps leading to Kotohira-gu shrine in Kotohira in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner goes up stone steps leading to Kotohira-gu shrine in Kotohira in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Floral tribute to victims of postwar minesweeping operations

Bereaved family members of victims, who died in minesweeping operations in the Seto Inland Sea and other areas after the Pacific War, pay floral tribute at the 64th memorial service in Kagawa Prefecture's Kotohira town, western Japan, on May 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for victims of post-war minesweeping works

The 64th memorial service for persons who died in minesweeping operations in the Seto Inland Sea and other areas after the Pacific War is held in Kagawa Prefecture's Kotohira town, western Japan, on May 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual spring Kabuki kicks off in western Japan

KOTOHIRA, Japan - Traditional spring Kabuki in Shikoku, western Japan, began April 6 at the Kanamaruza theater, Japan's oldest playhouse built in 1835 in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture. The event will continue until April 24. (Kyodo)

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Kotohira Shrine art exhibition to open in Paris

PARIS, France - The recreated interior of Japan's Kotohira Shrine is opened to the press at the Guimet Museum in Paris on Oct. 13 for a special exhibition featuring the screen and sliding-door paintings of the Shinto shrine in Kagawa Prefecture. The exhibition will open Oct. 15 and run through Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki Harbour and Naminohira,Minamiyamate

This photo is a panoramic view from Kotohira Shrine at Minamiyamate of the southern tip of the foreign settlement and the Naminohira area. The big building in the right foreground is Chintei Elementary school (later Naminohira Elementary School), a newly built and renamed school at the foot of Mr. Nabekanmuri. (Formerly known as Kozone Elementary School at a different location. Someone, possibly a teacher, is standing by the entrance. There are several boys and girls on the school ground. Directly under Yongo-matsu pine tree on top of the hill is the Glover house. ==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number73‐24‐0]

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'Pop daruma' dolls

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 5, 2012, shows ''pop daruma,'' new products of local specialty crafts created with traditional carving techniques. The new line is popular with its combination of a stern facial expression and brightly colored design. (Kyodo)

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Naminohira and Nagasaki port

This is Nagasaki City viewed over Naminohira from Kotohira Shrine on the hill at the end of the Minamiyamate foreign settlement. Chintei Elementary School built in July 1887 at the border of the settlement in the open lot on the right didn’t exist yet. Small to medium sized shipyards are visible along the coast of Furukawa-machi and Naminohira-machi on the left. The factory area top right later becomes Mitsubishi Coal Company in Kozone-machi.==Date:about 1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)