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Japan: Autumn Colors Reach Their Peak Across Kyoto, Attracting Visitors 2

Kyoto is witnessing peak autumn foliage across various locations, attracting large numbers of both domestic and international tourists.

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Japan: Autumn Colors Reach Their Peak Across Kyoto, Attracting Visitors

Kyoto is witnessing peak autumn foliage across various locations, attracting large numbers of both domestic and international tourists.

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Site of arson attack in ethnic Korean district in western Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021, shows some of the buildings burned down in an arson attack the previous day that damaged or destroyed seven buildings in Utoro, a 2-hectare ethnic Korean district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture in western Japan. The attack was motivated by prejudice against Korean residents.

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Site of arson attack in ethnic Korean district in western Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021, shows some of the buildings burned down in an arson attack the previous day that damaged or destroyed seven buildings in Utoro, a 2-hectare ethnic Korean district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture in western Japan. The attack was motivated by prejudice against Korean residents.

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80th anniv. of Ukishima Maru sinking

A memorial ceremony for those killed when the Ukishima Maru sank as it was taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II, is held in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the tragedy. The transport ship exploded in Maizuru Bay, leaving over 500 people dead.

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6th anniversary of arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio

A woman prays on July 18, 2025, at a monument set up in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, for the victims of the 2019 Kyoto Animation Co. arson attack that killed 36 people, six years ago to the day, in the western Japan city of Kyoto.

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6th anniversary of arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio

Flowers are placed on July 18, 2025, at a monument in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, honoring the victims of the 2019 Kyoto Animation Co. arson attack that killed 36 people, six years ago to the day, in the western Japan city of Kyoto.

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Hydrangea art featuring Osaka expo mascot

Photo taken on May 28, 2025, shows hydrangea flowers portraying Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, at Mimuroto-ji temple in Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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Hydrangea art featuring Osaka expo mascot

Photo taken on May 28, 2025, shows hydrangea flowers portraying Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, at Mimuroto-ji temple in Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) speaks during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) speaks during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, L) receives a guard of honor during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) receives a guard of honor during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan: Water Pipe Burst in Kyoto Causes Road Flooding, Traffic Disruptions

A water pipe burst near Gojo-Takakura, a famous area in Kyoto, on Wednesday, April 30, causing roads to flood and traffic restrictions.

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AI-incorporated lunar rover

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, shows a prototype of an AI robot for use as a lunar rover unveiled by its developers, including Tohoku University and Kyoto University teams, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's facility mimicking the lunar surface in Sagamihara in the eastern Japan prefecture of Kanagawa.

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Japanese Prince Hisahito at museum

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Prince Hisahito at museum

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) visits the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Prince Hisahito at museum

Japanese Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) visits the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple lit up

Maple leaves in autumn colors are lit up along with World Heritage site Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2024, ahead of its limited-time night illumination event.

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple lit up

Maple leaves in autumn colors are lit up along with World Heritage site Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2024, ahead of its limited-time night illumination event.

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple lit up

Maple leaves in autumn colors are lit up along with World Heritage site Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2024, ahead of its limited-time night illumination event.

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Ancient glass bead unearthed in Japan

file photo taken in June 2012 shows a glass bead excavated from the fifth-century Utsukushi No. 1 burial mound in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. The bead was found to have the same composition as those discovered in the territory of the Roman Empire.

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French navy ship visits Kyoto

The French navy frigate Prairial makes a call at Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 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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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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5th anniv. of Kyoto Animation arson attack

A woman prays in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, in front of a monument dedicated to the 36 victims of a 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio, on July 18, 2024, the fifth anniversary of the incident.

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5th anniv. of Kyoto Animation arson attack

Photo taken in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, shows a monument in memory of the victims of a 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio, on July 18, 2024, the fifth anniversary of the incident.

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BMX: Rim Nakamura

BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura of Japan meets the press in Uji in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on July 11, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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BMX: Rim Nakamura

BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura of Japan meets the press in Uji in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on July 11, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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BMX: Rim Nakamura

BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura of Japan practices in Uji in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on July 11, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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BMX: Rim Nakamura

BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura of Japan practices in Uji in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on July 11, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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BMX: Rim Nakamura

BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura of Japan practices in Uji in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on July 11, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea marine drill in Sea of Japan

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew loads a dummy onto the deck of a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat during a Japan-U.S.-South Korea joint marine rescue drill in the Sea of Japan off Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2024.

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea marine drill in Sea of Japan

A Japan Coast Guard boat (front) takes part in a Japan-U.S.-South Korea joint marine rescue drill in the Sea of Japan off Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2024. A large ship (back) belongs to the Korea Coast Guard and a helicopter to the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

YAWATA, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Police investigators search a residence of the leader of a group affiliated with the Ichiwa-kai underground gangster syndicate in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 14, 1985, following a shooting incident blamed on Ichiwa-kai's rival, Yamaguchi-gumi, that left two affiliate group members injured.

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Tea-picking season begins in Kyoto

Men and women chosen to promote the famous Uji green tea pick tea leaves in the Kyoto Prefecture city of Uji, western Japan, on May 2, 2023, for the season's first harvest of tea.

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Athletics: Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden

Miyagi Prefecture anchor Haruka Kokai breaks the tape at the finish line of the Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden road relay in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2024, securing the northeastern Japan prefecture's first title in 29 years and the second overall.

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Daihatsu to suspend domestic production over safety scandal

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 25, 2023, shows a Daihatsu Motor Co. factory in Oyamazaki in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. The small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. said the same day it will suspend production at all domestic factories until at least the end of January due to a safety testing scandal.

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Daihatsu to suspend domestic production over safety scandal

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 25, 2023, shows a Daihatsu Motor Co. factory in Oyamazaki in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. The small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. said the same day it will suspend production at all domestic factories until at least the end of January due to a safety testing scandal.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, takes a seat behind her desk at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor Kawata

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, holds a press conference at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, holds a press conference at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, holds up her certificate of election at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata (R), who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, receives a bouquet of flowers at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is welcomed by staff as she walks into the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple lit up

Maple leaves in autumn colors are lit up along with World Heritage site Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2023, ahead of its limited-time night illumination event.

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple lit up

Maple leaves in autumn colors are lit up along with World Heritage site Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2023, ahead of its limited-time night illumination event.

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Typhoon Lan hits western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2023, shows damage caused by a mudslide in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture in western Japan, following heavy rain, due to Typhoon Lan hitting the region.