[Breaking News]Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

NAGASAKI, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo -A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.(Kyodo)

Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.

Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.

Osaka Hotel

Osaka Hotel

Probably the front entrance of the Osaka Hotel (the former Jiyutei Hotel). Kusano Jokichi opened the Jiyutei Hotel in the Gion of Kyoto near Yasaka Shrine following Osaka. See photo numbered 23-3.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐73‐0]

Traditional dance performed for 1st time since 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis

Traditional dance performed for 1st time since 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis

Performers dedicate a traditional rice-planting dance at Kusano Shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2017. In March, the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for the area affected by radiation due to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo