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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Revival-colored Eizan Electric Railway train departing from Yase-Hieiyamaguchi Station

Revival-colored Eizan Electric Railway train departing from Yase-Hieiyamaguchi Station, now in the “ivory and maroon” livery of its 1987 debut, and in service as the “Revival 721.=April 18,2025,Kyoto

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Yase-Hieiyamaguchi Station

Yase Hieiyamaguchi Station. On the occasion of its 90th anniversary, the station was renamed to reflect its original name at the time of its opening.=April 18,2025,Kyoto

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Yase-Hieiyamaguchi Station

Yase Hieiyamaguchi Station. The station building is supported by a beautiful riveted steel frame that has remained from the time of its opening.=April 18,2025,Kyoto

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Koji Hara

TOKYO, Japan,October 29 Kyodo - Photo taken on October. 29,2018,shows Japanese Architect Koji Hara.(Kyodo)

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 7

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Express buses for tourists begin operating in Kyoto

Photo taken on June 1, 2024, shows an express bus operated by the Kyoto municipal government on weekends and national holidays to ease the burden of "overtourism" in the ancient Japanese capital. Inaugurated the same day, such buses only stop at popular tourist spots after departing from JR Kyoto Station.

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (facing camera) and former Empress Michiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital for a trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures on May 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and former Empress Michiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital for a trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures on May 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Snow-covered Kyoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a snow-covered JR Kyoto Station and its vicinity in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2023.

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Snow-covered Kyoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a snow-covered JR Kyoto Station and its vicinity in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2023.

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Stranded train in Kyoto

Photo taken on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023, shows a train stranded at JR Kyoto Station in western Japan due to heavy snow, forcing many passengers to remain overnight inside its cars.

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Kyoto Tower to be remodeled

OSAKA, Japan - The 131-meter-tall Kyoto Tower, a landmark in the ancient Japanese capital, is shown in this file photo taken in November 2014 from a Kyodo News helicopter. Keihan Electric Railway Co. announced on Jan. 7, 2015, plans to remodel the tower near Kyoto Station and build a new hotel nearby to meet an expected rise in visitors from abroad.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

OSAKA, Japan - Employees at JR Osaka Station explain to passengers the cancellation of services by West Japan Railway Co. in Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe areas due to the approaching of Typhoon Vongfong on Oct. 13, 2014. The typhoon made landfall on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Railway firm begins new excursion service from Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The "Shimakaze" excursion express of Kintetsu Corp. leaves Kyoto Station on an inaugural run bound for the Ise-Shima region in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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Seven-Eleven opens store at JR's Kyoto Station

KYOTO, Japan - A Kiosk store-turned Seven-Eleven is seen at West Japan Railway Co.'s Kyoto Station in Kyoto City, western Japan, on June 4, 2014. Based on an agreement, Seven-Eleven Japan Co. will open around 500 outlets at JR West's train stations in western Japan.

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Kyoto police station to move functions to Toji in disaster

KYOTO, Japan - A policeman from Kyoto Prefecture's Minami station prepares food during an emergency drill held in Kyoto, on May 7, 2014. The police station signed an agreement the same day with Toji, a World Heritage temple in the western Japanese city, to transfer its functions to the temple and use its facilities and property in the event of disasters. The Minami police station building built in 1957 is one of the oldest police stations in Japan.

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Ex-comedian hosting radio show for refugees

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken March 2, 2013 shows Katsuya Soda, host of a community FM radio station program for refugees residing in Japan, in front of a microphone at the Kyoto Sanjo Radio Cafe studio in Kyoto. The concept of Nanmin Now! is "Broadcasting refugee issues just like weather reports," he said.

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Maehara ahead of DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) arrives at Tokyo Station on a shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto on Aug. 22, 2011. Attention is focused on whether he will run in the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election to pick a successor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Charity drive by 'maiko' for quake victims

KYOTO, Japan - Apprentice geisha, known as ''maiko,'' solicit donations for earthquake and tsunami victims at JR Kyoto Station in western Japan on March 21, 2011. A wide area of eastern Japan was hit by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Charity drive by 'maiko' for quake victims

KYOTO, Japan - Apprentice geisha, known as ''maiko,'' solicit donations for earthquake and tsunami victims at JR Kyoto Station in western Japan on March 21, 2011. A wide area of eastern Japan was hit by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Electric vehicle battery recycling

OSAKA, Japan - A demonstrator charges Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s i-MiEV using a recycled lithium-ion battery at a charging station in Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp., as well as two other firms unveiled a new method to recycle lithium-ion batteries in the carmaker's electric vehicles.

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Pony 'stationmaster' promotes horseracing

OSAKA, Japan - A toddler looks at a pony dressed as a station master at Keihan Railway Temmabashi Station in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2010. The pony was brought from Japan Racing Association's Kyoto Race Course to promote an upcoming horse race at the course and will be taken to Yodo Station on Nov. 27 when the race starts.

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Yodobashi Camera opens in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 5, 2010 shows Yodobashi Camera Co.'s store which opened near JR Kyoto Station the same day. The outlet was the second such in Japan's second largest business area of Kansai of the electronics retailer.

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Yodobashi Camera opens in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - People line up for the opening of a Yodobashi Camera Co.'s store near JR Kyoto Station on Nov. 5, 2010. The outlet was the second such in Japan's second largest business area of Kansai of the electronics retailer.

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Astronaut Noguchi reports his stay in space

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (R) speaks to the public in Kyoto about his time at the International Space Station on Sept. 15, 2010. Noguchi, who returned to Earth in June, said he was able to relax by taking care of plants which grew even in space.

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Giant salamander found walking along road in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a 105-centimeter-long giant salamander a motorist found walking along a road along the Kamogawa River in Kyoto on June 30. The salamander was brought to a police station and kept there for several hours in a tub filled with water before being released upstream.

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Project to build new Shinkansen station in Shiga canceled

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (standing at center) speaks at a meeting of officials from Ritto city, Shiga Prefecture, and neighboring municipalities in Otsu on Oct. 28. Local governments agreed to formally cancel a project to build a new station in Ritto, between Kyoto and Maibara stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Since taking office in 2006, Kada has pushed a campaign to cancel the project due to the heavy financial burden.

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16-year-old Nara boy arrested over family's murder, arson

KYOTO, Japan - A car carrying a 16-year-old boy, arrested on suspicion of arson and murder over a fire in his Nara Prefecture home, leaves a Kyoto police station on June 22. The fire resulted in the deaths of his mother and two younger siblings.

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Statue unveiled at JR Kyoto Station on World Water Forum

KYOTO, Japan - A statue depicting the late Osamu Tezuka's cartoon 'Firebird' and water is unveiled at the JR Kyoto Station building March 15 as the World Water Forum opens in Kyoto on March 16. The eight-day event aims at raising global awareness of water issues and committing the international community to action.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka leaves Kyoto for ceremony in Stockholm

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his wife Yuko arrive at JR Kyoto Station on Dec. 4 in preparation for his trip to attend the Nobel awards ceremony in Stockholm.

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Bear electrocuted in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A dead bear is taken to a Kyoto police station Sept. 6 after it was likely electrocuted on a mountain road in northern Kyoto. Police said the bear might have bit a high-voltage cable as its mouth was charred and a poll near where it was found dead had scratches on it.

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Kyoto prefectural gov't launches major wind power plant

KYOTO, Japan - A wind power station in the northern Kyoto town of Ine on the Sea of Japan coast, which the Kyoto prefectural government started operating on Nov. 15. The six wind turbines, which produce a combined estimate of 4,500 kilowatts of electricity, were built on Mt. Taikoyama, some 680 meters high. They are an estimated 75 meters tall and 50 meters wide.

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JR puts up fences on Kyoto station platforms to prevent falls

KYOTO, Japan - A bullet train on the Tokaido Shinkansen line pulls in to a platform with a safety fence at Kyoto Station on June 4. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) began erecting safety fences on the station's platforms as part of safety measures it is promoting following an accident in January in Tokyo in which three people died.

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Farm Opens On 13th Floor of Tokyo High-Rise

TOKYO, Japan - Aug. 9: A Tokyo personnel dispatch company unveiled a　new farm on the 13th floor of its Tokyo headquarters on Wednesday. Pasona Group Inc., based in the business district of Otemachi near JR Tokyo Station, has installed around 60 goats, cows, pigs and other animals in the facility, with a view to helping educate about and promote employment in the dairy farming industry. The first visitors, 20 children of company employees, were allowed to feed the goats and make ice cream. The firm hopes to use of the facility with a floor space of about 1,000 square meters, named "Otemachi Farm," for people attending seminars on the dairy industry, but will also allow members of the public to attend if they make a reservation. Four members of staff will manage the farm, while its maintenance is being carried out by a company based in Kyoto Prefecture.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Photo taken April 12, 2022, shows the interior of Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi during a media preview at Nara Station in the western Japan city. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi is pictured at Kyoto Station in the western Japan city during a media preview on April 12, 2022. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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Community spread of Omicron variant reported in Kyoto

People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus walk in front of JR Kyoto Station on Dec. 23, 2021. Kyoto Prefecture reported its first community transmission of the Omicron variant the same day.

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Project to build new Shinkansen station in Shiga canceled

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (standing at center) speaks at a meeting of officials from Ritto city, Shiga Prefecture, and neighboring municipalities in Otsu on Oct. 28. Local governments agreed to formally cancel a project to build a new station in Ritto, between Kyoto and Maibara stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Since taking office in 2006, Kada has pushed a campaign to cancel the project due to the heavy financial burden. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto prefectural gov't launches major wind power plant

KYOTO, Japan - A wind power station in the northern Kyoto town of Ine on the Sea of Japan coast, which the Kyoto prefectural government started operating on Nov. 15. The six wind turbines, which produce a combined estimate of 4,500 kilowatts of electricity, were built on Mt. Taikoyama, some 680 meters high. They are an estimated 75 meters tall and 50 meters wide.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka leaves Kyoto for ceremony in Stockholm

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his wife Yuko arrive at JR Kyoto Station on Dec. 4 in preparation for his trip to attend the Nobel awards ceremony in Stockholm. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 54

54 Otsu - Three bullock-carts passing down the main street of the village, and an open tea-house on the left. This station located on the south-western shore of Lake Biwa was the last station on the Tokaido Highway. Being close to Kyoto, there were many popularly known shrines and temples in its vicinity. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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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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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 29

29 Mitsuke - A large sand-bank in the centre of the "Heaven-dragon" River, and people crossing the further arm in boats; two other boats in foreground, moored to the sand-bank, and the distant shore enveloped in mist. The name of this station was derived from the fact that people travelling from Kyoto to Edo were able to get their first glimpse of Mount Fuji from here. The rapidly flowing river "Tenryu" flowed west of the station and travellers had to cross the river by ferryboat. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Vent filter arrives for Shika Nuclear Power Station's unit 2

A vent filter arrives in the town of Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on July 27, 2015, for the No. 2 reactor of Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika Nuclear Power Station. The utility plans to complete the installation of the device for the unit's filtered ventilation system by March 2016. (Kyoto) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto Tango Railway debuts with 1st train run

Kyoto Tango Railway debuts on April 1, 2015, as its sightseeing train Aomatsu departs from a station in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. It was the railway's first train run after the renaming of the railway service from Kitakinki Tango Railway (KTR). Willer Trains of Osaka is the new operator of the railway line serving mainly the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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COVID-19 state of emergency declared for Tokyo, Osaka region

People wearing face masks walk in front of JR Sannomiya Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture on April 23, 2021. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency the same day in Tokyo and the western Japan prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo amid a rapid resurgence of coronavirus infections.