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150th Naoki Prize winners Himeno and Asai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2014, shows Kaoruko Himeno (L) and Makate Asai, winners of the 150th Naoki Prize for popular literature, in Tokyo. Himeno and Asai received the award for their novels "Showa no Inu" (Dog in the Era of Showa) and "Renka" (Love Poem), respectively.

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Naoki award winner Asai

TOKYO, Japan - Makate Asai, 54, speaks with reporters at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 16, 2014, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular literature for her novel "Renka" (Love Song).

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"Renka-chan" mascot completes blog travel

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - "Renka-chan" (center right), the mascot of Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, is greeted by fellow mascots at Asukadera, a temple in the western Japan prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013, as she completes her trek of what is believed to be the oldest state-funded road. Renka-chan posted blog reports of her travel on the 1,400-year-old road that connects Nara with Osaka.

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima could be reached on foot at low tide. The distance was about 500 m. The Renka poet Iio Soshi says in his book Meisho Hokakusho that he used to go to Enoshima on foot at low tide, and the Renka poet Socho mentions in his book Togokukiko that ferry boats were used at full tide. The boats in the distance may be a ferry boats.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐33‐0]