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Japan emperor visits social welfare center in Shiga Pref.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit a social welfare center in Kusatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga on Sept. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor visits social welfare center in Shiga Pref.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit a social welfare center in Kusatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga on Sept. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor visits social welfare center in Shiga Pref.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit a social welfare center in Kusatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga on Sept. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Salmon-like ray-finned fish

Undated file photo shows salmon-like ray-finned fish called Fucho taimen at Lake Biwa Museum in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu, western Japan.

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Salmon-like ray-finned fish

Undated file photo shows salmon-like ray-finned fish called Fucho taimen at Lake Biwa Museum in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu, western Japan.

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Icicles on shore of Lake Biwa

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023, in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu, western Japan, shows icicles formed in trees on the shore of Lake Biwa.

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Icicles on shore of Lake Biwa

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023, in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu, western Japan, shows icicles formed in trees on the shore of Lake Biwa.

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Icicles on shore of Lake Biwa

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023, in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu, western Japan, shows icicles formed in trees on the shore of Lake Biwa.

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5th anniversary of volcanic eruption in Japan

Mayor Nobutada Kuroiwa of Kusatsu, a hot spring town in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, speaks on Jan. 23, 2023, during an event marking the fifth anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane, which left a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major who was training at the resort dead and 11 people injured.

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Empress plays the piano at music festival

KUSATSU, Japan - Empress Michiko waves to the audience after playing the piano at a music festival in the hot spa resort town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 28. (Pool photo)

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Athletes prepare for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 2 Kyodo - Japanese athlete Hideki Uda trains in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2017, to compete in the triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

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Japan's empress turns 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2011 shows Empress Michiko (C) playing the piano with a violist and a clarinetist in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The empress, on the occasion of her 80th birthday on Oct 20, expressed hope that peace can be brought about ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II next year.

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Lovinho helps Kusatsu beat Reds in Emperor's Cup

SAITAMA, Japan - Daniel Lovinho (2nd from R) of J-League Division 2 club Thespa Kusatsu Gunma scores late in the second half of a third-round Emperor's Cup match against J-1 side Urawa Reds in Saitama north of Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2014. Kusatsu notched an upset 2-1 win.

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Urawa lose to Kusatsu in Emperor's Cup upset

SAITAMA, Japan - Goalie Daiki Tomii (c) of second-tier Thespa Kusatsu Gunma punches a cross clear with striker Tadanari Lee of J-League Division 1 club Urawa Reds lurking during a third-round Emperor's Cup match in Saitama north of Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2014. Kusatsu won 2-1.

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Yuji Kodama, leprosy activist, dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2013 shows Yuji Kodama, a prominent fighter of discrimination against former leprosy patients, in a wheelchair in front of the health ministry in Tokyo. On May 11, 2014, Kodama died of lung cancer at a sanatorium in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture. He was 82.

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Empress plays piano

KUSATSU, Japan - Empress Michiko plays the piano at a workshop in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abandoned snapping turtle

OTSU, Japan - An 86-centimeter-long alligator snapping turtle is kept in a cage at the Shiga prefectural head office in Otsu on Oct. 18, 2010, after it was captured in an agricultural reservoir in Kusatsu in the prefecture. A prefectural government official said the turtle apparently grew to its present size in the reservoir after being abandoned by its unknown owner. The species is originally from the United States.

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Ultrasound sonic system

OTSU, Japan - Ritsumeikan University associate professor Takanobu Nishiura gives a briefing on a system developed by his team to use ultrasound loudspeakers to bounce music off the walls of a room at the university's campus in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Empress plays piano

KUSATSU, Japan - Empress Michiko plays piano along with musicians from abroad in a music lesson in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at concert

KUSATSU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko receive applause as they attend a concert at a music festival in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Japan's gastronomy depends on eco-balance in Lake Biwa

KUSATSU, Japan - In the early morning, fishermen pull in a net full of Suji-Ebi, a kind of Japanese pawn, and Isaza, a kind of Japanese goby, while black-headed gulls flock overhead. Both species are caught only in the lake.

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Empress Michiko attends int'l music festival

KUSATSU, Japan - Empress Michiko (L) chats with participants in an international summer music festival in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 28. (Pool photo)

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Ohka hopes his ballclub will help local sports

KUSATSU, Japan - Washington Nationals right-hander Tomokazu Ohka, who recently established an amateur baseball club in western Japan, expresses hope at a press conference on Feb. 10 that its activities will help vitalize local sporting communities. Ohka said the ballclub, of which he is general manager, will recruit players through tryouts this fall and take part in a regional league in 2006 with the goal of playing in the intercity national championship. (MLB)

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5 workers injured in Shiga warehouse explosion

OTSU, Japan - Warehouses owned by a transport company in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, belch fire and smoke following an explosion August 2. Five workers sustained burns and injuries, two seriously, police said.

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Kunimi ace Okubo exults with score in high school soccer

TOKYO, Japan - Kunimi midfielder Yoshito Okubo exults in scoring a goal against Toyama Daiichi in the semifinals of the high school soccer national championship tournament Jan. 7 to lift the Nagasaki school to a 1-0 victory at National Stadium in Tokyo. Okubo's goal in the 12th minute of the second half kept Kunimi on track for a high school soccer treble when it faces Kusatsu Higashi of Shiga Prefecture on Jan. 8.

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17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus is seen overturned on national Route 292 in the town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture on June 18. Seventeen trainees at the National Tax College suffered injuries, one of them seriously, in the 9:55 a.m. accident. The photo, taken by a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the bus which overturned after failing to negotiate a left curve on the road while heading for Mt. Shirane.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Kenta Izumi (L) bumps fists with a voter in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on June 24, 2022, during the main opposition party's campaigning for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a speech in Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture on June 24, 2022, ahead of the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a speech in Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture on June 24, 2022, ahead of the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

People applaud a stump speech in Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture on June 24, 2022, ahead of Japan's House of Councillors election on July 10.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a speech in Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture on June 24, 2022, ahead of the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tsugiharu Ogiwara, a former Nordic combined skier who competed for Japan in the 1998 Nagano winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tsugiharu Ogiwara, a former Nordic combined skier who competed for Japan in the 1998 Nagano winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus is seen overturned on national Route 292 in the town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture on June 18. Seventeen trainees at the National Tax College suffered injuries, one of them seriously, in the 9:55 a.m. accident. The photo, taken by a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the bus which overturned after failing to negotiate a left curve on the road while heading for Mt. Shirane.

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All-American Girl (1994)

Clyde Kusatsu, Amy Hill, Margaret Cho, Jodi Long & B.D. Wong Television: All-American Girl (1994) 14 September 1994 Date: 14 September 1994

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Go Tell The Spartans (1978)

Clyde Kusatsu & Burt Lancaster Characters: Col. Minh, Maj. Asa Barker Film: Go Tell The Spartans (1978) Director: Ted Post 14 June 1978 Date: 14 June 1978

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 53

53 Kusatsu - View of a rest-house on for coolies, and horses on the road; coolies passing in foreground with a kago and a covered palanquin. The Nakasendo, another large highway which ran through the mountainous region between Edo and Kyoto joined the Tokaido at this station to form a single highway for the remainder of the highway to Kyoto. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Emperor, empress visit Karuizawa resort for summer retreat

Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) are greeted by Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe upon their arrival at Karuizawa Station in the resort town OF Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 22, 2015. They will stay in Karuizawa and Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, for their summer retreat until Aug. 29. (Pool photo by Tokyo Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino, Princess Kako visit Lake Biwa Museum

Prince Akishino (C) and his second daughter Princess Kako listen to an explanation about an exhibition at Lake Biwa Museum in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on July 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese "pingtan" musical storytelling team plays in west Japan city

Members of the Shanghai Pingtan Troupe perform in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on April 23, 2015. Pingtan is a traditional Chinese performing art combining the play of three-stringed musical instruments and storytelling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Yumomi" performance at Japanese hot spring resort of Kusatsu

Photo taken April 27, 2015 shows a "yumomi" performance, a traditional method of cooling hot water, at the Japanese hot spring resort of Kusatsu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, a former speed skater who won silver for Japan at the 1992 Albertville winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tsugiharu Ogiwara, a former Nordic combined skier who competed for Japan in the 1998 Nagano winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Japanese empress at music festival

Japanese Empress Michiko (L) talks with Czech horn player Katerina Javurkova during a music festival in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletes prepare for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Japanese athlete Hideki Uda trains in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2017, to compete in the triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Democratic Party to pledge reforms to finance social security costs

Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada makes a stump speech in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on June 11, 2016, for the July 10 Japanese House of Councillors election. The main opposition party will pledge to enhance social security by financing the costs through reforms and oppose revising the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9, according to sources close to the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Empress Michiko plays piano during music workshop in eastern Japan

Empress Michiko plays the piano during a music workshop in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 27, 2015. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo