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Restaurants in Fukuoka, Saga get Michelin stars

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kenji Gyoten (center L), the owner of Sushi restaurant Gyoten in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward, and Yuichi Uchiki (center R), the master chef of Japanese restaurant Sagano in the city's Hakata Ward, receive certificates for 3 stars from Michelin at a hotel in the southwestern Japanese city on July 7, 2014. The Michelin Guide Fukuoka & Saga 2014 goes on sale on July 10.

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Sagano 'torokko' train celebrates 1 million passengers

KYOTO, Japan - Sagano Scenic Railway Co. in Kyoto, western Japan, holds a ceremony on March 19, 2014, as the annual number of visitors aboard its popular "torokko" sightseeing train since April 2013 reached one million that day, exceeding the threshold for the first time ever.

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Novelist, Buddhist nun Setouchi dies at 99

File photo taken on June 17, 2018, shows Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist Jakucho Setouchi preaching at a temple run by her in Kyoto's Sagano area. Setouchi, who was also active in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, died of heart failure on Nov. 9, 2021, at age 99.

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Novelist, Buddhist nun Setouchi dies at 99

File photo taken on June 17, 2018, shows Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist Jakucho Setouchi preaching at a temple run by her in Kyoto's Sagano area. Setouchi, who was also active in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, died of heart failure on Nov. 9, 2021, at age 99.

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Novelist, Buddhist nun Setouchi dies at 99

File photo taken on June 17, 2018 shows Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist Jakucho Setouchi preaching at a temple run by her in Kyoto's Sagano area. Setouchi, who was also active in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, died of heart failure on Nov. 9, 2021, at age 99.

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JR West tests new train control system in Kyoto

West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) conducts a running test on its new train control system on the Sagano Line in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 15, 2015. The new system automatically controls a train's speed on the basis of position information radioed from a moving train and is expected to replace the current automatic train stop (ATS) system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Katsura River

Hozugawa Valley looking upstream. The topography suggests that this was taken from the valley at the west entrance of Asahi Tunnel on the former Japan National Railroad San'in Line, facing northwest. Mt. Ushimatsu is visible in the centre. Since no railroad tracks are visible, the photograph was probably taken before the opening of Sagano-Sonobe Line of Kyoto Railway in August 1899. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐13‐0]

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Trolley train in Kyoto

Photo taken Nov. 26, 2018, shows Sagano Romantic trolley train running beside trees with autumn foliage that are lit up in Hozu canyon in Kyoto, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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