Pickled plums dried in the sun

Pickled plums dried in the sun

A farmer lays out pickled Nanko Japanese plums to dry them out in the sun on July 25, 2023, in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

Pickled plums dried in the sun

Pickled plums dried in the sun

A farmer lays out pickled Nanko Japanese plums to dry them out in the sun on July 25, 2023, in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

Mizuno's Osaka Headquarters

Mizuno's Osaka Headquarters

Corporate headquarters = July 25, 2019, Nanko Kita, Suminoe Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Mizuno's Osaka Headquarters

Mizuno's Osaka Headquarters

Corporate headquarters = July 25, 2019, Nanko Kita, Suminoe Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Ferry operator launches new ship linking Osaka, Kitakyushu

Ferry operator launches new ship linking Osaka, Kitakyushu

A passenger room on the brand-new Ferry Osaka II is shown to the press by Meimon Taiyo Ferry Co. on Sept. 16, 2015. The ship, equipped with nursing rooms and a children's playroom, began serving the 12.5-hour route the same day between Osaka Nanko port in Osaka and Shin-Moji port in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ferry operator launches new ship linking Osaka, Kitakyushu

Ferry operator launches new ship linking Osaka, Kitakyushu

The brand-new Ferry Osaka II is shown to the press at Osaka Nanko port in Osaka, western Japan, by Meimon Taiyo Ferry Co. on Sept. 16, 2015. The ship, equipped with nursing rooms and a children's playroom, began serving the 12.5-hour route the same day between Osaka Nanko and Shin-Moji port in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Statue of Nanko

Statue of Nanko

The statue of Kusunoki Masashige riding a horse, located at the south eastern corner of the surroundings the Imperial Palace. It was built in 1897, and was called the three statues of Tokyo together with the statue of Omura Masujiro at Yasukuni Shrine and Saigo Takamori at Ueno park.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐149‐0]

Entrance of Nanko, Kobe

Entrance of Nanko, Kobe

Entrance of Nanko, Kobe==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)