Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko on Aug. 20, 2026, shakes hands with Dutch popular character Miffy during a ceremony marking the opening the following day of an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko on Aug. 20, 2026, shakes hands with Dutch popular character Miffy during a ceremony marking the opening the following day of an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (3rd from L) on Aug. 20, 2026, poses with Dutch popular character Miffy during a ceremony marking the opening the following day of an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko on Aug. 20, 2026, stands with Dutch popular character Miffy during a ceremony marking the opening the following day of an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (3rd from L) poses for a photo in front of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring at an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, a day ahead of its opening to the general public. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko poses for a photo in front of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring at an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, a day ahead of its opening to the general public. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (2nd from L) visits the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, for an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (L) looks at Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring at an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, a day ahead of its opening to the general public. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, for an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (4th from L) visits the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, for an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko (4th from L) visits the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, for an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Princess Aiko visits exhibition of masterpieces by Dutch artists

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2026, for an exhibition of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch artists, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Pool photo)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier.=April 15,2025,Osaka

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier.=April 15,2025,Osaka

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier.=April 15,2025,Osaka

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier.=April 15,2025,Osaka

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE (in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier)

Fisherman's Wharf Nakanoshima GATE in Nakanoshima GATE South Pier.=April 15,2025,Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s player Neymar during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s players during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s players Neymar Jr., Milan Skriniar, Vitinha, Lee Kang-In, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Luca Hernandez, Marco Asensio, Manuel Ugarte, Danilo Pereira et Marquinhos during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s players Marquinhos, Marco Asensio and Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Marquinhos during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s player Neymar during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s players Marquinhos and Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Marquinhos during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

PSG’s players at opening of the PSG House in Osaka

Handout photo. PSG’s players Marquinhos and Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Marquinhos during the opening of the PSG House at Nakanoshima Art Museum in Osaka, Japan on July 23, 2023 as part of the Japan Tour. Photo by PSG via ABACAPRESS.COM

People relax at terrace created along Osaka river

People relax at terrace created along Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - People enjoy wining and dining at an open terrace created in Nakanoshima Park facing the Tosabori River in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 11, 2014, as part of a project to turn the city into a "metropolis of water."

'Tapestry' illuminations in Osaka

'Tapestry' illuminations in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - The front wall of the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library in Osaka city, western Japan, is illuminated on the night of Dec. 13, 2011, in a rehearsal for the Dec. 14-25 ''tapestry'' music and illumination event.

'Tapestry' illuminations in Osaka

'Tapestry' illuminations in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Combined photo shows the front wall of the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library in Osaka city, western Japan, being illuminated on the night of Dec. 13, 2011, in a rehearsal for the Dec. 14-25 ''tapestry'' music and illumination event.

'Tapestry' illuminations in Osaka

'Tapestry' illuminations in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - The front wall of the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library in Osaka city, western Japan, is illuminated on the night of Dec. 13, 2011, in a rehearsal for the Dec. 14-25 ''tapestry'' music and illumination event.

Man holds perforated board as eclipse obscured by cloud

Man holds perforated board as eclipse obscured by cloud

TOSHIMA, Japan - A man holds up a perforated board for a commemorative photo during the solar eclipse on Nakanoshima Island in the Tokara island chain, southern Japan, at noon on July 22. Many enthusiasts in the area were unable to see the first total solar eclipse over Japan in 46 years due to bad weather.

Solar eclipse in Japan

Solar eclipse in Japan

NAKANOSHIMA, Japan - A spectator gives up on observing a solar eclipse and moves to take a shelter from a rain storm at 10:01 a.m., July 22, 2009 (Japan time) on Nakanoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan.

Koizumi visits Niigata Prefecture hit by torrential rains

Koizumi visits Niigata Prefecture hit by torrential rains

NAGAOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) speaks with locals in the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata Prefecture, on July 19 as they continue recovery efforts following torrential rains in the area. (Pool photo)

(4)Death toll hits 5 in Niigata, Fukuishima rainstorms, 2 missing

(4)Death toll hits 5 in Niigata, Fukuishima rainstorms, 2 missing

NIIGATA, Japan - Houses in a residential area in the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata Prefecture, are flooded after heavy rain destroyed the banks of a nearby river.

(7)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

(7)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

NAKANOSHIMA, Japan - A man asks for help on the rooftop of his flooded house in the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13. Heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, leaving two people dead, one injured and two others missing.

(6)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

(6)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

NAKANOSHIMA, Japan - A junior high school building is left isolated by floods in the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13. Heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, leaving two people dead, one injured and two others missing.

(5)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

(5)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

NAKANOSHIMA, Japan - Residential houses are left flooded in the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13. Heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, leaving two people dead, one injured and two others missing.

(4)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

(4)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

NAKANOSHIMA, Japan - A river embankment is left broken in the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13. Heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, leaving two people dead, one injured and two others missing.

(3)Antiwar demonstration held in various parts of Japan

(3)Antiwar demonstration held in various parts of Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People hold a rally in Osaka's Nakanoshima on Feb. 15 to protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraw.

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

People in support of the LGBTQ community wave flags on June 19, 2022, from a cruise ship around the Nakanoshima sandbank in Osaka to mark the recent opening of Pride Center Osaka.

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

People in support of the LGBTQ community wave flags on June 19, 2022, from a cruise ship around the Nakanoshima sandbank in Osaka to mark the recent opening of Pride Center Osaka.

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

People in support of the LGBTQ community wave flags on June 19, 2022, from a cruise ship around the Nakanoshima sandbank in Osaka to mark the recent opening of Pride Center Osaka.

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

Cruise in Osaka to support LGBTQ community

People in support of the LGBTQ community wave flags on June 19, 2022, from a cruise ship around the Nakanoshima sandbank in Osaka to mark the recent opening of Pride Center Osaka.

Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka

Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2022, shows Nakanoshima Museum of Art that opened the same day in Osaka.

Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka

Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2022, shows Nakanoshima Museum of Art that opened the same day in Osaka.

Cold weather in Japan

Cold weather in Japan

People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus walk in Osaka's Nakanoshima area on a cold day on Dec. 26, 2021.

Workman Plus logo

Workman Plus logo

Keywords: workman plus, workman+, WORKMAN Plus, clothing, store, exterior, signage, logo, logo mark = December 16, 2018, Kawasaki Nakanoshima Store in Ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Workman Plus logo

Workman Plus logo

Keywords: workman plus, workman+, WORKMAN Plus, clothing, store, exterior, signage, logo, logo mark = December 16, 2018, Kawasaki Nakanoshima Store in Ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Workman Plus logo

Workman Plus logo

Keywords: workman plus, workman+, WORKMAN Plus, clothing, store, exterior, signage, logo, logo mark = December 16, 2018, Kawasaki Nakanoshima Store in Ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Workman Plus logo

Workman Plus logo

Keywords: workman plus, workman+, WORKMAN Plus, clothing, store, exterior, signage, logo, logo mark = December 16, 2018, Kawasaki Nakanoshima Store in Ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Projection mapping of Osaka library

Projection mapping of Osaka library

The Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library is illuminated in a test projection mapping of the landmark in the western Japanese city of Osaka on Dec. 11, 2015, ahead of the annual illumination event beginning the following day for a run until Dec. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Main door of Osaka library opens for 1st time in 54 years

Main door of Osaka library opens for 1st time in 54 years

The main entrance door of the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, designated an important national cultural property, in the city of Osaka, western Japan, opens on April 1, 2015, for the first time in 54 years. The three-meter-high wooden door had remained closed since 1961 as it had been blocked by a book-browsing space inside. The library, which opened in 1904, decided to relocate the space to reuse the main entrance popular among tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo