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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) bow near the residence of victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, during their trip to the disaster-stricken city on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C front) and Empress Michiko (R front) bow in quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, during their trip to the disaster-stricken city on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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(2)Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

OBIHIRO, Japan - Fishing boats are scattered on land at Otsu port in Toyokoro, Hokkaido, on Sept 27 after being swept ashore by tidal waves after two major earthquakes hit the region.

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A sunset and a sailboat,Lake Biwa

Maruko boats on Lake Biwa. This photograph seems to imitate the image Yabase-no-Kihan, one of Utagawa Hiroshige's Eight Scenes of Oumi and a representative ukiyoe print. Yabase-no-Kihan captures the scene of the boats used to ferry passengers between Otsu and Yabase (present-day Kusatsu City), returning to port. This was a shortcut on the Tokaido Highway.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐35‐0]

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Yahashi Harbour

The ferry port of Yabase, famous for its portrayal in the ukiyoe print Yabase-no-Kihan, one of Utagawa Hiroshige's Eight Scenes of Oumi. The site is located in present-day Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The port prospered as a shortcut from the Tokaido Highway to Otsu. After the Meiji Period, the water of Lake Biwa receded and the area was gradually converted into farmland.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐5‐0]

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) bow near the residence of victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, during their trip to the disaster-stricken city on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C front) and Empress Michiko (R front) bow in quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, during their trip to the disaster-stricken city on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

OBIHIRO, Japan - Fishing boats are scattered on land at Otsu port in Toyokoro, Hokkaido, on Sept 27 after being swept ashore by tidal waves after two major earthquakes hit the region. (Kyodo)

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Japanese attempts to swim to S

Japanese attempts to swim to South Korea from Japan -- Tomoshige Hirose, a 58-year-old sporting goods store owner, begins a 70-kilometer solo swim July 22 from the island of Tsushima in Nagasaki to South Korea. Hirose, who hails from Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, left Cape Saozaki on northern part of Kami, one of the islets in Tsushima, shortly after 1 p.m. July 22 and hopes to reach South Korea's southern port city of Pusan July 24. ==Kyodo