Train model museum in Yokohama

Train model museum in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors look at a railway diorama covering about 310 square meters, one of the largest in the world, at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Yokohama on July 10, 2012. The museum, which opened the same day, features a vast collection of works by Nobutaro Hara, known for his meticulously crafted models of trains from around the world.

Train model museum in Yokohama

Train model museum in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors look at a railway diorama covering about 310 square meters, one of the largest in the world, at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Yokohama on July 10, 2012. The museum, which opened the same day, features a vast collection of works by Nobutaro Hara, known for his meticulously crafted models of trains from around the world.

Train model museum in Yokohama

Train model museum in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors look at a railway diorama covering about 310 square meters, one of the largest in the world, at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Yokohama on July 10, 2012. The museum, which opened the same day, features a vast collection of works by Nobutaro Hara, known for his meticulously crafted models of trains from around the world.

Japanese fermented food introduced at Milan

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