Search for 'phantom tank' under way in Lake Hamana

Search for 'phantom tank' under way in Lake Hamana

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Divers search for the Type 4 Chi-To medium tank reportedly submerged in Lake Hamana at the lake's northern part near its Inohana sub-lake in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture on Jan. 7, 2013. The Imperial Japanese Army produced two units of the tank on a trial basis toward the end of World War II but did not use them in actual warfare and is said to have secretly sunk them in the lake to conceal them from the United States.

(2)Major flower exhibition to open in Shizuoka Pref.

(2)Major flower exhibition to open in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko look at flowers displayed at the Shizuoka International Garden and Horticulture Exhibition in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 7 after an opening ceremony for the event. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 8 through Oct. 11 at the 56-hectare Lake Hamana Garden, featuring a total of 5 million plants.

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 31

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 31

31 Maisaka - View of Imaki Point jutting out into the sea, and a white Fuji (without outline) in the distance. This station was a fishing port lying on the south-eastern edge of Lake Hamana. The Lake Hamana and the Pacific Ocean meet at this point and travellers had to cross this mouth of the lake by boats. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

Dismembered human body parts found in lake in central Japan

Dismembered human body parts found in lake in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers searching at the edge of Lake Hamana in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2016, after dismembered human body parts were found earlier in the day in and around the lake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dismembered human body parts found in lake in central Japan

Dismembered human body parts found in lake in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Lake Hamana and the Miyakoda River (foreground) in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2016. Dismembered human body parts were found the same day in and around the lake, prompting police to launch an investigation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Elementary school children wave to a Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner (bottom, R) from boats on Lake Hamana in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Hamamatsu, central Japan, on June 23, 2021.

(2)Major flower exhibition to open in Shizuoka Pref.

(2)Major flower exhibition to open in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko look at flowers displayed at the Shizuoka International Garden and Horticulture Exhibition in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 7 after an opening ceremony for the event. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 8 through Oct. 11 at the 56-hectare Lake Hamana Garden, featuring a total of 5 million plants. (Kyodo)