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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected.

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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected.

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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected.

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Winter cherry blossoming in Gunma Pref.

FUJIOKA, Japan - Visitors walk under winter cherry blossoms at Sakurayama Park in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2009.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival.

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Winter cherry blossoms in full bloom

ONISHI, Japan - Tourists trek under winter cherry blossoms at the Sakurayama Park in the town of Onishi in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 15. Unlike an ordinary cherry, the winter cherry blooms between November and December each year. Sakurayama Park has about 7,000 winter cherry trees, which have been designated by the state as a ''natural monument.''

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Takayama Festival in central Japan

A Shinto ritual is held at Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2021, for the annual Autumn Takayama Festival. Exhibition of decorated floats, the festival's main event, was canceled for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19.

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Takayama Festival in central Japan

A Shinto ritual is held at Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2021, for the annual Autumn Takayama Festival. Exhibition of decorated floats, the festival's main event, was canceled for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19.

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the central Japan city of Takayama on Oct. 9, 2015, at the start of the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan. The two-day festival is expected to attract some 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the central Japan city of Takayama on Oct. 9, 2015, at the start of the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan. The two-day festival is expected to attract some 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2016, as the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan, commences for two days. The festival is expected to attract around 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival in Gifu

Floats are lined up in front of Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2018, for the annual two-day Autumn Takayama Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected. (Kyodo)

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Takayama festival in Gifu

Floats cross a bridge, heading to Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2019, for the annual Spring Takayama Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama festival in Gifu

Floats cross a bridge, heading to Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2019, for the annual Spring Takayama Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival in Gifu

Floats are lined up in front of Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2018, for the annual two-day Autumn Takayama Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Festival in Gifu

A float crosses a bridge, heading to Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2018, for the annual two-day Autumn Takayama Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2016, as the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan, commences for two days. The festival is expected to attract around 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Winter cherry blossoming in Gunma Pref.

FUJIOKA, Japan - Visitors walk under winter cherry blossoms at Sakurayama Park in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Winter cherry blossoms in full bloom

ONISHI, Japan - Tourists trek under winter cherry blossoms at the Sakurayama Park in the town of Onishi in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 15. Unlike an ordinary cherry, the winter cherry blooms between November and December each year. Sakurayama Park has about 7,000 winter cherry trees, which have been designated by the state as a ''natural monument.'' (Kyodo)