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Memoirs of Hiroshima survivors still draw readers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 21, 2013 shows Hiroshi Maruya in Hiroshima holding a first edition of "Genbaku shishu" (Collection of Atomic Bomb Poems) by Sankichi Toge (1917-1953). Maruya, who was associated with the poet, has taken great care to preserve his copy.

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Prize-winning writer Saiichi Maruya dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Saiichi Maruya, a Japanese prize-winning writer, translator and critic, being interviewed at home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. Maruya died Oct. 13, 2012, of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. He won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for "Toshi no Nokori" (The Rest of the Year) in 1968.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2011 shows (from L) novelist Saiichi Maruya, classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida and conductor Seiji Ozawa, chatting at a party to celebrate the awarding of the Order of Culture to Maruya. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

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Japan delegate visits penguin sanctuary during racism confab

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kaori Maruya, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs and the head of the Japanese delegation to this year's U.N.-sponsored racism conference in Durban, South Africa, who according to delegation sources managed to get her speech moved up so she could go to Cape Town to visit a penguin sanctuary.

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Japan delegate visits penguin sanctuary during racism confab

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kaori Maruya, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs and the head of the Japanese delegation to this year's U.N.-sponsored racism conference in Durban, South Africa, who according to delegation sources managed to get her speech moved up so she could go to Cape Town to visit a penguin sanctuary.

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Japanese fermented food introduced at Milan

Nobutaro Asai (L), president of "miso" soybean paste maker Maruya Hatcho Miso, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, in the costume of a Japanese feudal lord, encourages a participant to sample the soybean paste during an event to introduce Japanese fermented food produced in the prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015, in Milan, Italy, where the food-themed world exposition is being held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dogashima Island

This is the spa town of Dogashima. The buildings are from the foreground, Ohmiya, Yamatoya across from it, Maruya is next to it, and then Edoya. The small hall above the stairs is Yamai-yama. Naraya stands behind it. The waterfall on the left is Shirabe and the river on the right is Hayakawa. There is a wooden bridge to cross to Mukoyama. Since the Hiramatsu villa is not visible, this photo was taken before 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐22‐0]

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Dogashima Spa

This is Dogashima. The building in the foreground is Ohmiya, Yamatoya across from it, Maruya next to it, and Edoya next to it. The small hall on top of the steps is Yamaiyama. Naraya is behind it. The waterfall on the left is Shirabe. Since the Hiramatsu villa is not visible, this photo was taken before 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐41‐0]

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Miyanoshita and Dogashima

During Edo era, there were Naraya, Edoya, Maruya, Yamatoya, and Ohmiya Inns in Dogashima. The two-story building on the left is Yamatoya, the red tower is Yakushi-do (a Buddhist temple hall housing a statue of Yakushi). The waterfall in the centre is Shirabeno-taki. Godan Ryokan Inn stands above the falls. The white western building on the hill is Naraya Hotel and Fujiuya Hotel is to its left. This photo was taken after the completion of the main buildings in 1891 after the big fire in 1883.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐97‐0]

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SHIMOSUWA

It was a junction of Nakasendo and Koshu Road, and was shot from Koshu Road to Nakasendo Edo-direction. Some buildings on both sides of the road have signboard with the family emblem. At the left side, you can see ”Kikyoya” and ”Maruya”, both keep running inns now. The shadow of ladder is the ladder of Cabinet No.38-39 in center.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐15‐0]

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2011 shows (from L) novelist Saiichi Maruya, classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida and conductor Seiji Ozawa, chatting at a party to celebrate the awarding of the Order of Culture to Maruya. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98. (Kyodo)