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Exterior view of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower, logo and signboard

Exterior view of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower, logo and signboard. ＝May 17, 2024, Kyoto, Japan

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Exterior view, logo and sign of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower

Exterior view of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower, logo and signboard. ＝May 17, 2024, Kyoto, Japan

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Exterior view of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower, logo and signboard

Exterior view of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower, logo and signboard. ＝May 17, 2024, Kyoto, Japan

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Exterior, logo and sign of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower

Exterior view of NIDEC CORPORATION Kyoto Tower, logo and signboard. ＝May 17, 2024, Kyoto, Japan

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Exterior, logo and signage of NIDEC CORPORATION's Kyoto Tower

Exterior, logo and signage of NIDEC CORPORATION's Kyoto Tower. ＝May 17, 2024, Kyoto, Japan

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Partial lunar eclipse seen in Japan

Photo taken at 5 a.m. on Oct. 29, 2023, shows a partial lunar eclipse appearing from behind clouds over Kyoto Tower in the western Japan city of Kyoto.

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KYOTO TURNS TWELVE HUNDRED

KYOTO TURNS TWELVE HUNDRED,1200 years of Kyoto, Japanese culture, Kyoto, Kinkakuji Temple, tourists, Kiyomizu Temple, dolls, kimono, tea ceremony, Gion Festival, traditional culture, Kyoto Tower, Ryoanji Temple, Karesansui Garden, cityscape,1990s=Date: Aug,1994, Place:Kyoto,JAPAN

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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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Kyoto Tower lit blue for World Autism Awareness Day

KYOTO, Japan - The Kyoto Tower in western Japan is lit up blue on April 2, 2014, to mark World Autism Awareness Day.

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Towers in cherry blossom color

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Tokyo Tower (L) and Kyoto Tower illuminated in pink, the color of cherry blossoms, on Jan. 17, 2014, on the eve of nationwide university entrance exams. The illumination was meant to cheer exam applicants as blooming cherry blossoms are traditionally metaphors for passing exams.

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Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5.

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Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5.

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Kyoto Tower to get total facelift, refurbishing

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Tower, the 130-meter-high modern icon in the ancient Japanese capital, will get a total facelift and refurbishing at a 350 million yen price tag. The tower, built in 1964, will get a milky white new paint on its external wall and the observation restaurant will turn into a lounge. The tower's observation deck will be in business while renovation work is under way, through the end of April.

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Crowds flock to Kyoto for Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd around ''hoko'' floats, a kind of ornamental tower, in the streets of Kyoto on July 14 for the annual ''Gion Matsuri'' (festival). The floats will be paraded through Kyoto on July 17.

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U.N.-set day to eliminate violence against women

Kyoto Tower is lit up in purple in the western Japan city on Nov. 12, 2022, ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Nov. 25.

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Japan introduces number for child abuse prevention

Combined photo shows (from L) Kobe Port Tower, Kyoto Tower, Nagoya TV Tower and Tokyo Tower on July 1, 2015. The four and two other towers in Japan were illuminated in orange, the symbolic color for the prevention of child abuse, to mark the launch of a nationwide around-the-clock number, 189, to report and consult on the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 towers in west Japan lit in yellow on 80th anniv. of Hanshin Tigers

Kobe Port Tower (L) in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Tsutenkaku in the city of Osaka (C) and Kyoto Tower in the city of Kyoto are illuminated in yellow, the symbol color of the popular Japanese professional baseball club Hanshin Tigers, on March 27, 2015, at the start of this year's baseball season. Based in the Kansai (western Japan) region, the team marks the 80th anniversary of its foundation in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto Tower to get total facelift, refurbishing

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Tower, the 130-meter-high modern icon in the ancient Japanese capital, will get a total facelift and refurbishing at a 350 million yen price tag. The tower, built in 1964, will get a milky white new paint on its external wall and the observation restaurant will turn into a lounge. The tower's observation deck will be in business while renovation work is under way, through the end of April. (Kyodo)

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Maruyama Yaami Hotel

This is the first Western-style hotel to open in Kyoto, located in the west of the Higashiyama district. It had the tower of Anyoji which was located at the foot of Higashiyama, and the artificial spa Yoshimizuen which opened in 1873. The old building with the panel board YAAMI is in the center and the left is a four-story building with a verandah added in 1894. The building is surrounded by stone walls, and flags fly on both sides of the gate.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐41‐0]

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Maruyama Yaami Hotel

The foot of Higashiyama Range used to be owned by Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines such as the Rokubo of Anyoji, Kanjinin of Gion. The artificial spa called Kissuien was opened in 1873, and a building resembling Kinkakuji was built. Imakichi of Nagasaki bought the tower of Anyoji and other buildings in 1879, and reopened it as the first Western-style hotel in Kyoto. On the gable of the building in the top right of the photo is a board with the letters YAAMI .==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐13‐0]

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Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5. (Kyodo)

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Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5. (Kyodo)

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World Refugee Day

Combined photo shows (from L) the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower, a five-story pagoda at Toji temple in Kyoto and Sapporo TV Tower on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, all lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, on World Refugee Day on June 20, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan emperor proclaims enthronement

Kyoto Tower in western Japan is lit up in red and white on Oct. 22, 2019, in celebration of Japanese Emperor Naruhito's proclamation of his enthronement at the Imperial Palace earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Few people are seen near Yasaka Tower, a major sightseeing spot in Kyoto, on April 18, 2020, due to the nationwide state of emergency that has been put in place amid the spread of the coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Few people are seen near Yasaka Tower, a major sightseeing spot in Kyoto, on April 18, 2020, due to the nationwide state of emergency that has been put in place amid the spread of the coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto Tower

Photo taken from a Kyodo helicopter on Nov. 11, 2014, shows Kyoto Tower near Kyoto Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new imperial era Reiwa

Kyoto Tower is lit up in the western Japan city in celebration of the start of the Reiwa Era under new Emperor Naruhito on May 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics

Two girls smile against the backdrop of Kyoto Tower being lit up in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2018, marking the start of the two-year countdown to the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 years until Tokyo Olympics

Photo shows Kyoto Tower being lit up in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2018, marking the start of the two-year countdown to the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crowds flock to Kyoto for Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd around ''hoko'' floats, a kind of ornamental tower, in the streets of Kyoto on July 14 for the annual ''Gion Matsuri'' (festival). The floats will be paraded through Kyoto on July 17.