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Tree-felling rite in central Japan

Woodcutters take part in a tree-felling rite in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on June 5, 2025, as part of rites for the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine building reconstruction every 20 years at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise in Mie Prefecture, in central Japan. Two Japanese cypress trees being cut will be transported to the Shinto shrine on June 9-10 for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" with a history of about 1,300 years, starting in 2033.

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Tree-felling rite in central Japan

Woodcutters take part in a tree-felling rite in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on June 5, 2025, as part of rites for the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine building reconstruction every 20 years at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise in Mie Prefecture, in central Japan. Two Japanese cypress trees being cut will be transported to the Shinto shrine on June 9-10 for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" with a history of about 1,300 years, starting in 2033.

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Tree-felling rite in central Japan

Woodcutters take part in a tree-felling rite in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on June 5, 2025, as part of rites for the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine building reconstruction every 20 years at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise in Mie Prefecture, in central Japan. Two Japanese cypress trees being cut will be transported to the Shinto shrine on June 9-10 for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" with a history of about 1,300 years, starting in 2033.

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Tree-felling rite in central Japan

Woodcutters take part in a tree-felling rite in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on June 5, 2025, as part of rites for the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine building reconstruction every 20 years at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise in Mie Prefecture, in central Japan. Two Japanese cypress trees being cut will be transported to the Shinto shrine on June 9-10 for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" with a history of about 1,300 years, starting in 2033.

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1 killed, 1 missing as small plane crashes in Gifu Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - The debris of a crashed Cessna 404 from Showa Aviation in Osaka is found in the woods around Mt. Ena in the city of Nakatsugawa, Prefecture, on Nov. 15. Of the three men aboard the plane, one died, one was injured and another was missing.

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Photo taken at 5:54 p.m. on April 22 shows the vacant pachinko parlor building in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where a 15-year-old boy is suspected to have murdered his 13-year-old girlfriend.

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - A police car carrying a 15-year-old boy suspected of murdering his 13-year-old girlfriend arrives at a vacant pachinko parlor building, the scene of the crime, in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on April 22.

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Police arrest 15-yr-old boy for allegedly killing Gifu girl

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Naoyasu Hayashi, chief of Nakatsugawa Police Station, announces at an early morning press conference on April 22 the arrest of a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl whose body was found at a vacant store in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, two days after she was reported missing.

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13-year-old Gifu missing girl found killed

GIFU, Japan - Police officers inspect a vacant store in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on April 21 after the body of Nao Shimizu, a 13-year-old second-year student at a local junior high school, was found there.

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S. Korean veteran Ku wins Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - South Korea's Ku Ok Hee kisses the trophy she received for her first title on the Japan LPGA tour in two years at the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies on June 19 at U-Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture.

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S. Korean veteran Ku grabs sole lead at Apita Circle-K

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Ku Ok Hee of South Korea takes sole possession of the lead heading into the final round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies at U-Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 18. She turned a three-stroke deficit into a one-stroke lead.

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3 adults, 2 children strangled in Gifu home

NAGOYA, Japan - Aerial photo of the house of municipal government employee Taira Hara in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where five family members were found strangled Feb. 27. Hara, believed in critical condition after being found with a knife in his neck, was quoted as telling police he was responsible.

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Miyazato wins Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Teen sensation Ai Miyazato kisses the victor's trophy after winning the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament at Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 20. It was her second victory in seven days following the June 13 win in the Suntory Ladies Open golf tourney.

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Birthday girl Miyazato grabs lead at Apita Circle-K Ladies

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato celebrated her 19th birthday in style, nailing her career first eagle at the seventh hole and firing a 3-under-par 69 to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Wei Yun-jye of Taiwan after the second round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament on June 19 at Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture

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Nakajima takes 1st-round lead at Apita Circle-K Ladies

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Veteran Chihiro Nakajima watches her driver shot in the first round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies at Nakatsugawa Golf Club on June 18. She shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead over in-form teenager Ai Miyazato after the first round.

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Taiwan's Wei wins Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Wei Yun-jye of Taiwan smiles with a trophy after winning the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament at the U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 22.

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Five share 1st-round lead in Apita women's golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Mie Nakata watches her tee shot during the first round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture on June 20. Nakata shot a 4-under-par 68 for a share of a one-stroke lead with four others.

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Takahashi rallies for Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf win

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Mihoko Takahashi holds up the winner's cup at the U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 23 after capturing her first professional tour title with a one-stroke victory at the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament.

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Yoneyama runs away with Apita Circle-K Sankus Ladies win

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Midori Yoneyama poses for photographers after closing with a 4-under-par 68 to run away and win the Apita Circle-K Sankus Ladies golf tournament at U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club on June 17.

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Maglev train tunnel cave-in in central Japan

Photo taken Oct. 28, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area around the previous day's accident site in the central Japan city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where a tunnel under construction for the Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line caved in, leaving one worker dead and another injured.

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3 adults, 2 children strangled in Gifu home

NAGOYA, Japan - Aerial photo of the house of municipal government employee Taira Hara in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where five family members were found strangled Feb. 27. Hara, believed in critical condition after being found with a knife in his neck, was quoted as telling police he was responsible. (Kyodo)

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Five share 1st-round lead in Apita women's golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Mie Nakata watches her tee shot during the first round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture on June 20. Nakata shot a 4-under-par 68 for a share of a one-stroke lead with four others. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean veteran Ku wins Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - South Korea's Ku Ok Hee kisses the trophy she received for her first title on the Japan LPGA tour in two years at the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies on June 19 at U-Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean veteran Ku grabs sole lead at Apita Circle-K

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Ku Ok Hee of South Korea takes sole possession of the lead heading into the final round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies at U-Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 18. She turned a three-stroke deficit into a one-stroke lead. (Kyodo)

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Birthday girl Miyazato grabs lead at Apita Circle-K Ladies

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato celebrated her 19th birthday in style, nailing her career first eagle at the seventh hole and firing a 3-under-par 69 to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Wei Yun-jye of Taiwan after the second round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament on June 19 at Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture (Kyodo)

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Steam locomotive eyed to coincide with Maglev train station

A steam locomotive makes a trial run on the premises of Akechi Railway Co.'s Akechi Station in Ena, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 24, 2015. The revival of the locomotive is designed to coincide with the planned opening in 2027 of a station for a magnetically levitated train line in neighboring Nakatsugawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Olympic torch relay taking place on April 3, 2021, in Gifu Prefecture's Nakatsugawa, which was a post town on the Nakasendo road from Kyoto to Edo during the Edo period (1603-1868).

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay took place on April 3, 2021, in Gifu Prefecture's Nakatsugawa, which was a post town on the Nakasendo road from Kyoto to Edo during the Edo period (1603-1868).

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - A police car carrying a 15-year-old boy suspected of murdering his 13-year-old girlfriend arrives at a vacant pachinko parlor building, the scene of the crime, in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on April 22. (Kyodo)

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Photo taken at 5:54 p.m. on April 22 shows the vacant pachinko parlor building in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where a 15-year-old boy is suspected to have murdered his 13-year-old girlfriend. (Kyodo)

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Police arrest 15-yr-old boy for allegedly killing Gifu girl

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Naoyasu Hayashi, chief of Nakatsugawa Police Station, announces at an early morning press conference on April 22 the arrest of a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl whose body was found at a vacant store in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, two days after she was reported missing. (Kyodo)

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13-year-old Gifu missing girl found killed

GIFU, Japan - Police officers inspect a vacant store in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on April 21 after the body of Nao Shimizu, a 13-year-old second-year student at a local junior high school, was found there. (Kyodo)

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1 killed, 1 missing as small plane crashes in Gifu Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - The debris of a crashed Cessna 404 from Showa Aviation in Osaka is found in the woods around Mt. Ena in the city of Nakatsugawa, Prefecture, on Nov. 15. Of the three men aboard the plane, one died, one was injured and another was missing. (Kyodo)

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Miyagase,Nakatsugawa Gorge

A photo from the album of F. Beato. A view of Miyagase valley on the Nakatsu River, a stream flowing from Sagami River (Banyu River). It was a scenic spot which could be covered in one day on horseback from Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐3‐0]

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Miyagase,Nakatsugawa Gorge

A photo from the album of F. Beato. A view of Miyagase valley on the Nakatsu River, a stream flowing from Sagami River (Banyu River). Miyanose is the entrance to Mt. Daisen (Amefuriyama).==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐8‐0]

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Miyagase,Nakatsugawa Gorge

Located in the forest at Mt. Tanzawa, Miyagase was a popular destination in the area where foreigners were allowed to go. Because many foreigners enjoyed the hot springs and trout fishing in the area captured in this photograph, it was called Tojin-ga-Hara ( Chinese River Bed ). Due to the Miyagase Dam construction in 1998, the entire area disappeared under the water. Currently tourism is being promoted in the Mizuno-go area.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number104‐1‐0]

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Miyagase, Nakatsugawa Gorge

Miyagase, Nakatsugawa Gorge ==Date:1865, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Miyagase, Nakatsugawa Gorge

Miyagase, Nakatsugawa Gorge ==Date:1865, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan's new ambassadors

Undated photos show (from L) Shigeru Toyama, the new ambassador to the Solomon Islands, Hideaki Harada, the new ambassador to Namibia, and Shinichi Nakatsugawa, the new ambassador to Cyprus, appointed by the Japanese government on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyazato wins Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Teen sensation Ai Miyazato kisses the victor's trophy after winning the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament at Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 20. It was her second victory in seven days following the June 13 win in the Suntory Ladies Open golf tourney. (Kyodo)

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Nakajima takes 1st-round lead at Apita Circle-K Ladies

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Veteran Chihiro Nakajima watches her driver shot in the first round of the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies at Nakatsugawa Golf Club on June 18. She shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead over in-form teenager Ai Miyazato after the first round. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Wei wins Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Wei Yun-jye of Taiwan smiles with a trophy after winning the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament at the U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 22. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi rallies for Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf win

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Mihoko Takahashi holds up the winner's cup at the U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club in Gifu Prefecture on June 23 after capturing her first professional tour title with a one-stroke victory at the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies golf tournament.

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Yoneyama runs away with Apita Circle-K Sankus Ladies win

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Midori Yoneyama poses for photographers after closing with a 4-under-par 68 to run away and win the Apita Circle-K Sankus Ladies golf tournament at U Green Nakatsugawa Golf Club on June 17.