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Statue of Oguri Cap unveiled in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A life-size statue of Oguri Cap is unveiled in the town of Niikappu, Hokkaido, on July 3, 2011, the first anniversary of the death of the legendary race horse. Oguri Cap, which lived in the town after retiring from racing, won 12 graded races and helped boost the popularity of horse racing in Japan in the late 1980s.

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

NIIKAPPU, Japan - French artist Gerard Di-Maccio (L) stands in front of his 9-meter-tall oil painting at the Di-Maccio Visionary Art Museum in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu on Aug. 5, 2010. The museum, using buildings of the closed Taiyo Elementary School, opened the same day featuring some 250 pieces of his artwork.

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows the closed Taiyo Elementary School in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu. The buildings were renovated as a museum featuring the works of French artist Gerard Di-Maccio, which opened Aug. 5, 2010.

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(1)Etau brings heavy rainfall to Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A house stands damaged and a road inundated in the southern Hokkaido town of Niikappu after typhoon Etau pounded Japan's northernmost main island with more than 300 millimeters of rain on Aug. 10.

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(2)Etau brings heavy rainfall to Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Two southern Hokkaido towns of Niikappu and Monbetsu along the Atsubetsu River remain partly flooded on Aug. 10 after typhoon Etau brought heavy rainfall before weakening into a temperature depression. Six people were missing and one dead in Hokkaido alone.

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows the closed Taiyo Elementary School in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu. The buildings were renovated as a museum featuring the works of French artist Gerard Di-Maccio, which opened Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

NIIKAPPU, Japan - French artist Gerard Di-Maccio (L) stands in front of his 9-meter-tall oil painting at the Di-Maccio Visionary Art Museum in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu on Aug. 5, 2010. The museum, using buildings of the closed Taiyo Elementary School, opened the same day featuring some 250 pieces of his artwork. (Kyodo)

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Statue of Oguri Cap unveiled in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A life-size statue of Oguri Cap is unveiled in the town of Niikappu, Hokkaido, on July 3, 2011, the first anniversary of the death of the legendary race horse. Oguri Cap, which lived in the town after retiring from racing, won 12 graded races and helped boost the popularity of horse racing in Japan in the late 1980s. (Kyodo)

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Newborn thoroughbred horse in northern Japan ranch

A newborn thoroughbred horse sucks its mother's teat at a ranch in Niikappu, Hokkaido in northern Japan on April 3, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Etau brings heavy rainfall to Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Two southern Hokkaido towns of Niikappu and Monbetsu along the Atsubetsu River remain partly flooded on Aug. 10 after typhoon Etau brought heavy rainfall before weakening into a temperature depression. Six people were missing and one dead in Hokkaido alone. (Kyodo)

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(1)Etau brings heavy rainfall to Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A house stands damaged and a road inundated in the southern Hokkaido town of Niikappu after typhoon Etau pounded Japan's northernmost main island with more than 300 millimeters of rain on Aug. 10. (Kyodo)