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New Year flower arrangement event

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, demonstrates the art during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2026. (Kyodo)

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, demonstrates the art during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2026.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) takes part in a tea ceremony with Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on April 15, 2013. (Kyodo)

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, holds a class for her pupils from across Japan during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, arranges flowers during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, arranges flowers during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2025.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2024, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk who founded the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2024, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk who founded the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2024, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk who founded the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Kiana Tomita (C), Kyoto University graduate school student and TV personality, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct.2, 2024, to represent Japan in the 2024 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Kiana Tomita (C), Kyoto University graduate school student and TV personality, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct.2, 2024, to represent Japan in the 2024 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Baseball: Japan's national high school championship

Kyoto International high school players celebrate after defeating Tokyo's Kanto Daiichi in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 23, 2024.

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Baseball: Japan's national high school championship

Kyoto International high school players celebrate after defeating Tokyo's Kanto Daiichi in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 23, 2024.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan Kyodo - Ichikoto, a maiko traditional Japanese female entertainer, arranges flowers at a New Year's ceremony of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana floral art in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2024. (Kyodo)

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Ichikoto, a maiko traditional Japanese female entertainer, arranges flowers at a New Year's ceremony of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana floral art in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2024.

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Folding screen picture drawn by Takehiko Inoue

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - A folding screen picture drawn by manga artist Takehiko Inoue, titled "Shinran," the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, is shown to the press at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 26, 2011.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway their bodies while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2023, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk and the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway their bodies while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2023, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk and the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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850th anniv. of Shinran's birth

Buddhist monks hold a memorial service at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto on March 25, 2023, to mark the 850th anniversary of the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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850th anniv. of Shinran's birth

Buddhist monks hold a memorial service at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto on March 25, 2023, to mark the 850th anniversary of the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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850th anniv. of Shinran's birth

Buddhist monks hold a memorial service at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto on March 25, 2023, to mark the 850th anniversary of the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2023.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2023.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2023.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Adherents of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement participate in a ceremony to create their first floral art of the year in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2023.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, arranges flowers during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2023.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Adherents of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement participate in a ceremony to create their first floral art of the year in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2023.

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Ikenobo's New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony and exhibition at the school's headquarters in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Ikenobo's New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony and exhibition at the school's headquarters in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Scroll shows sword-wielding skill license given to historical hero

KYOTO, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Photo taken in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 7, 2015, shows a scroll certifying the skill in wielding a "naginata" long-handled sword given to historical hero Sakamoto Ryoma in the waning years of the Edo period (1603-1867). The name of his lover, Chiba Sana, is among a list of names that also includes Chiba Shusaku, founder of the Hokushin Ittoryu school of swordsmanship.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony with guests invited from the business and political worlds in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. Around 2,200 people have been invited over six days of the ceremony starting the same day.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony with guests invited from the business and political worlds in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. Around 2,200 people have been invited over six days of the ceremony starting the same day.

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Lawyer helps Korean kids take pride despite hate speech

KYOTO, Japan - Lawyer Shiki Tomimasu holds leaflets in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014, detailing the July 2014 decision by the Osaka High Court ordering a group of anti-Korean activists that engaged in hate speech against a Korean school in Kyoto to pay damages to the school. Tomimasu says he hopes the leaflets, written in Japanese and Korean, will help Korean students relinquish their distrust against Japanese society and take pride in their culture and ethnicity.

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Kyoto nursery school kids draw pictures

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows children at the Iwaya Nursery School in Kyoto, Japan, drawing pictures in November 2014. Run by the Iwaya shinto shrine, the school focuses on the mental development of children.

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High schoolers check map in outdoor disaster education

OSAKA, Japan - Students at the Kyoto branch of Tsukuba Kaisei High School check a map during an outdoor education program in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014, seeking to identify people appearing in news photos taken after the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the western Japan prefecture in 1995.

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Saga high school wins award in flower-arranging contest

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Karatsu Minami High School in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, poses behind their work that won an excellent award in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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High school students vie in flower arrangement contest

KYOTO, Japan - Students arrange flowers in Japan's national high school competition in the art in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. A team from Yokote Jonan High School (R) in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, won first prize.

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Akita high school wins flower arrangement competition

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Yokote Jonan High School in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, stands behind their work that won first prize in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Classic Japanese dancers practice for performance

KYOTO, Japan - "Maiko" apprentice geisha girls conduct a final practice in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2014, ahead of performances by the Inoue school of "Kyomai" or Kyoto-style classic Japanese dance to be held on Oct. 1-6.

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Designer Koshino pins high hopes on 'Rimpa' school anniv.

KYOTO, Japan - Junko Koshino, a top Japanese fashion designer, expresses enthusiasm at a press conference in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014, for disseminating art from Kyoto as the western Japan city will celebrate next year the 400th anniversary of the "Rimpa" school of Japanese painting.

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High court upholds ruling against hate speech

OSAKA, Japan - Son Chi Jong (L), head of Kyoto Chosen Gakuen, the operator of a pro-Pyongyang Korean school, holds a press conference in Osaka on July 8, 2014, after the Osaka High Court upheld a lower court ruling that had branded as "discriminatory" demonstrations staged near the school by anti-Korean activists who used hate-speech slogans.

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New leader of 'Jodo Shinshu' Buddhist sect gives speech

KYOTO, Japan - New "Monshu" or leader Kojun Otani of the Honganji-ha sect of the "Jodo Shinshu" (True Pure Land) Buddhist school delivers a speech during a leadership change rite at its Nishi Honganji head temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 6, 2014.

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'Jodo Shinshu' Buddhist sect holds rite to have new leader

KYOTO, Japan - The Honganji-ha sect of the "Jodo Shinshu" (True Pure Land) Buddhist school holds a ceremony to usher in its new "Monshu" or leader at its Nishi Honganji head temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 6, 2014, with new Monshu Kojun Otani sitting in the middle of a chancel in front of an altar.

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'Rimpa' school of painting's 400th anniv. in 2015

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (L) and Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada hold a press conference on June 2, 2014, in Kyoto on the establishment of a committee to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2015 of the start of "Rimpa" -- a major school of Japanese painting created in the western Japanese city by Honami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu. The "Rimpa" school is said to have a far-reaching influence on today's Japanese fine arts and traditional craft.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2014.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2014.