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Japan: Autumn Foliage In Kyoto Reaches Its Peak

Due to climate change, autumn foliage peak in Kyoto arrived later than usual this year. However, after a few weeks of waiting since mid-November, beautiful autumn leaves are finally here.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee meets his ex-university professor

KYOTO, Japan - Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) talks with one of his former university professors, Yuken Kashiwa, a 97-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University, at Kashiwa's home in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Dec. 31. Lee met Kashiwa for the first time in 61 years. Lee and his family are on a weeklong visit to Japan.

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Kyoto cook

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 7, 2013 shows Kenji Miura, head chef at the Beaux Sejours French restaurant at Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto, cooking steaks at the restaurant in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward.

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'Make Way for Ducklings' in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A duck family is seen floating on the Kamo River in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on June 7, 2013, after marching from a pond near Yoboji temple earlier in the day. According to local residents, eight years ago ducks started flying from the river to the temple pond in the spring to hatch ducklings, and return to the river about 500 meters away around June after the ducklings have grown. Policemen controlled traffic the same day to assist the family's trip, which started around 6:20 p.m. and took about an hour.

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'Make Way for Ducklings' in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A duck leads 10 ducklings as the family marches toward the Kamo River from a pond near Yoboji temple in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on June 7, 2013. According to local residents, eight years ago ducks started flying from the river to the temple pond in the spring to hatch ducklings, and return to the river about 500 meters away around June after the ducklings have grown. Policemen controlled traffic the same day to assist the family's trip, which started around 6:20 p.m. and took about an hour.

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'Make Way for Ducklings' in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A duck leads 10 ducklings as the family marches toward the Kamo River from a pond near Yoboji temple in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on June 7, 2013. According to local residents, eight years ago ducks started flying from the river to the temple pond in the spring to hatch ducklings, and return to the river about 500 meters away around June after the ducklings have grown. Policemen controlled traffic the same day to assist the family's trip, which started around 6:20 p.m. and took about an hour.

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'Make Way for Ducklings' in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A duck leads 10 ducklings as the family marches toward the Kamo River from a pond near Yoboji temple in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on June 7, 2013. According to local residents, eight years ago ducks started flying from the river to the temple pond in the spring to hatch ducklings, and return to the river about 500 meters away around June after the ducklings have grown. Policemen controlled traffic the same day to assist the family's trip, which started around 6:20 p.m. and took about an hour.

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Japanese novelist Komatsu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Japanese novelist Sakyo Komatsu. The popular science fiction writer, known for his bestselling disaster novel ''Nippon Chimbotsu'' (Japan Sinks), died of pneumonia on July 26, 2011, at age 80.

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Novelist Komatsu dies

KOBE, Japan - A woman views an exhibition on Japanese novelist Sakyo Komatsu at Kobe City Museum of Literature in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 28, 2011. The popular science fiction writer died of pneumonia two days before at the age of 80.

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Novelist Komatsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Japanese novelist Sakyo Komatsu. The popular science fiction writer died of pneumonia on July 26, 2011, at age 80.

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Ginkau-ji's renovation completed

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists visit the Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion), a Zen temple in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward constructed in 1489, amid rain on April 12, 2010, as a ceremony to mark the completion of extensive restoration work took place. The restoration work, which started in February 2008, was the first in some 30 years.

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Autumn leaves illuminated for evening viewing

KYOTO, Japan - A train operated by Eizan Electric Railway Co. runs under a tunnel of autumn leaves on the evening of Nov. 24, 2009, in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward. The maple trees are illuminated for viewing in the evening.

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Emperor, Empress visit Reikanji Temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) follow a nun at Reikanji Temple, a Buddhist temple headed by a nun of imperial lineage, in Sakyo Ward in Kyoto on Nov. 20, 2009. The imperial couple are visiting the city in connection with events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement.

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Bush sees Japan as bedrock of Asia freedom, global partner

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech at the Kyoto Kaikan hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Nov. 16. Bush stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the ''bedrock'' for promoting freedom in Asia and pursuing global economic and security matters. (Pool photo)

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U.N. disarmament conference begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Some 60 people from 20 countries and international organizations gather Aug. 17 at Kyoto International Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward for a three-day U.N. disarmament conference.

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World's 1st pancreatic islet transplant from live donor starts

KYOTO, Japan - A woman in her 50s is carried to an operation theater at the Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Jan. 19 to undergo an operation to transplant clusters of cells from her pancreas to her daughter in her 20s.

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Kimura takes 2-stroke lead in 1st round of Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Defending champion Toshimi Kimura got off to a near perfect start, shooting a 7-under-par 65 to equal a course record and take sole possession of the lead in the first round of the Sakyo Ladies at the Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 10.

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World Water Forum held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako (L) listen to panel discussion of the third World Water Forum at Kyoto International Conference Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on March 17. The forum, which began March 16, will run until March 23.

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Int'l water forum opens in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito makes a commemorative speech during an opening ceremony of the third World Water Forum at Kyoto International Conference Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on March 16.

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Int'l water forum to come up with concrete steps

KYOTO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who heads the steering committee of the third World Water Forum, addresses the opening ceremony of the forum at Kyoto International Conference Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on March 16. More than 10,000 people from 160 countries are taking part in the eight-day forum.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka to become visiting prof. at Kyoto Univ.

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (R), winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks at a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Oct. 28 about his acceptance of an offer to become a visiting professor at the university's International Innovation Center. At left is Kyoto University President Makoto Nagao.

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Orevo, a convenience store, has introduced an AI-based automatic checkout system for side dishes.

In the convenience store industry, where intensifying competition has been combined with a shortage of labor, the three major companies are workingto demonstrate unmanned cash registers and review 24-hour operations. In such a situation, Ishida (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), a long-established weighing scale manufacturer, has teamed up with Orebo, a regional convenience store in Fukui Prefecture, to develop a new system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to save labor at the cash register. The price of the system, excluding consumption tax, is about 3 million yen. Although it is more expensive than Ishida's regular scales, it is expected to save labor in processing and cooking areas of supermarkets in addition to stores that handle side dishes, and inquiries are strong. Photo taken on November 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee meets his ex-university professor

KYOTO, Japan - Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) talks with one of his former university professors, Yuken Kashiwa, a 97-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University, at Kashiwa's home in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Dec. 31. Lee met Kashiwa for the first time in 61 years. Lee and his family are on a weeklong visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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U.N. disarmament conference begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Some 60 people from 20 countries and international organizations gather Aug. 17 at Kyoto International Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward for a three-day U.N. disarmament conference. (Kyodo)

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Bush sees Japan as bedrock of Asia freedom, global partner

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech at the Kyoto Kaikan hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Nov. 16. Bush stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the ''bedrock'' for promoting freedom in Asia and pursuing global economic and security matters. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Bush sees Japan as bedrock of Asia freedom, global partner

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech at the Kyoto Kaikan hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Nov. 16. Bush stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the ''bedrock'' for promoting freedom in Asia and pursuing global economic and security matters. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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World's 1st pancreatic islet transplant from live donor starts

KYOTO, Japan - A woman in her 50s is carried to an operation theater at the Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Jan. 19 to undergo an operation to transplant clusters of cells from her pancreas to her daughter in her 20s. (Kyodo)

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Kimura takes 2-stroke lead in 1st round of Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Defending champion Toshimi Kimura got off to a near perfect start, shooting a 7-under-par 65 to equal a course record and take sole possession of the lead in the first round of the Sakyo Ladies at the Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto promoting hot springs as additional tourist attraction

Photo taken Nov. 28, 2015 shows an open-air bath at the Kurama Onsen hot spring inn in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginkau-ji's renovation completed

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists visit the Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion), a Zen temple in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward constructed in 1489, amid rain on April 12, 2010, as a ceremony to mark the completion of extensive restoration work took place. The restoration work, which started in February 2008, was the first in some 30 years. (Kyodo)

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Autumn leaves illuminated for evening viewing

KYOTO, Japan - A train operated by Eizan Electric Railway Co. runs under a tunnel of autumn leaves on the evening of Nov. 24, 2009, in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward. The maple trees are illuminated for viewing in the evening. (Kyodo)

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World Water Forum held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako (L) listen to panel discussion of the third World Water Forum at Kyoto International Conference Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on March 17. The forum, which began March 16, will run until March 23. (Kyodo)

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Int'l water forum to come up with concrete steps

KYOTO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who heads the steering committee of the third World Water Forum, addresses the opening ceremony of the forum at Kyoto International Conference Hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on March 16. More than 10,000 people from 160 countries are taking part in the eight-day forum. (Kyodo)

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Ginkakuji Temple

Ginkakuji Temple in the Sakyo district of Kyoto. The Higashiyama palace where Ashikaga Yoshimasa led a life of seclusion was made a temple after his death, and was named Jishoji after his Buddhist name. The construction of the Golden Pavilion was started in 1489, so Yoshimasa did not live to see it completed, dying a year after. The first floor is designed in the form of a house shoinzukuri style, with a hogyozukuri (a form of roof), and the second floor in Chinese style with many kato windows. A person sits on the east veranda facing Kinkyo Pond, and next to him another person sweeps the garden with his back to the lake.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐33‐0]

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Shimogamo Shirine

Shimokamo Shinto Shrine is located on the delta of Kamo River and Takano River in the Sakyo district of Kyoto. A torii in the popular Myojo style stands in the trees of Tadasuno Forest, and the main building can be seen in the rear. At Shimokamo Shrine, Shikinen Sengu (removal and dedication of the shrine) has been conducted every 20 years since the Heian period, but the present main hall was built in 1863 and exhibits nagare zukuri (a shrine construction style with the front roof spreading out in arch form, seen from the fist half of the Heian period) . At the foot of the torii are rickshaws with their handles placed down. One is empty, but the rickshaw man sits on the other one wearing a manto hat.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐37‐0]

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Benten Pond,Eikan-do Temple

The head temple of the Jodo Sect, Nishiyama Zenrinji, in the Eikandoji in the Sakyo district, Kyoto City. The lake is surrounded by trees in the spacious temple grounds and has a bridge. At the foot of the lake is a priest sitting, and in the fore a parked rickshaw. The rickshaw man seems to be talking with the priest.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐42‐0]

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Novelist Komatsu dies

KOBE, Japan - A woman views an exhibition on Japanese novelist Sakyo Komatsu at Kobe City Museum of Literature in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 28, 2011. The popular science fiction writer died of pneumonia two days before at the age of 80. (Kyodo)

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Novelist Komatsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Japanese novelist Sakyo Komatsu. The popular science fiction writer died of pneumonia on July 26, 2011, at age 80. (Kyodo)

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Japanese novelist Komatsu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Japanese novelist Sakyo Komatsu. The popular science fiction writer, known for his bestselling disaster novel ''Nippon Chimbotsu'' (Japan Sinks), died of pneumonia on July 26, 2011, at age 80. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, Empress visit Reikanji Temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) follow a nun at Reikanji Temple, a Buddhist temple headed by a nun of imperial lineage, in Sakyo Ward in Kyoto on Nov. 20, 2009. The imperial couple are visiting the city in connection with events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Tanaka to become visiting prof. at Kyoto Univ.

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (R), winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks at a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Oct. 28 about his acceptance of an offer to become a visiting professor at the university's International Innovation Center. At left is Kyoto University President Makoto Nagao. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto shrine swamped by a number of people

KYOTO, Japan - The Heian Shrine in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward is crowded with people paying their first visits of the year at 1 a.m. on Jan. 1.