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Indian coral tree in full bloom in southwestern Japan

The flowers of Erythrina trees, commonly known as tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, that are 300 years old, in the town of Setouchi on Kakeroma Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at full bloom on May 16, 2023.

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Indian coral tree in full bloom in southwestern Japan

The flowers of Erythrina trees, commonly known as tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, that are 300 years old, in the town of Setouchi on Kakeroma Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at full bloom on May 16, 2023.

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Masked men dance on Kagoshima Pref. island

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Men wearing paper masks perform a dance during the traditional Shodon Shibaya play on Kakeroma Island, Setouchi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014. It is said to have been taught by the Heike clan's Taira no Sukemori who built a house in Kakeroma's Shodon after losing the battle of "Gen-Pei."

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'Wild Boar' nears onlookers in Shodon Shibaya play

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A "wild boar" approaches spectators during this year's traditional "Shodon Shibaya" play, Japan's important intangible folk cultural property, in Setouchi town's Kakeroma Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014.

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Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Honen Odori" festival to pray for a good harvest in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Setouchi Town on Amami to accept GSDF unit

AMAMI, Japan - Katsuomi Fusa (2nd from R), mayor of Setouchi Town on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, tells Parliamentary Senior Vice Minister of Defense Ryota Takeda (R in near row) of his decision to accept the deployment of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense unit to the area during a meeting at the town office on Aug. 12, 2014.

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Drill to recapture island from enemy forces

AMAMI, Japan - Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force who participated in a drill to recapture a remote island from enemy forces are seen off Amami-Oshima Island's Setouchi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 22, 2014.

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Int'l modern art festival on Japan islets

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japanese actress Kaho Minami performs in a digest version of an outdoor play based on Hans Christian Andersen's ''The Little Mermaid,'' in an opening event of the Setouchi Triennale 2013 in the town of Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 20, 2013. The Setouchi Triennale 2013, a contemporary art show featuring the works of more than 200 artists from 23 countries and regions, opened the same day on a cluster of 12 small islands in the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan.

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Int'l modern art festival on Japan islets

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows an artwork created by Wang Wen-chih from Taiwan, in the town of Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 19, 2013. The Setouchi Triennale 2013, a contemporary art show featuring the works of more than 200 artists from 23 countries and regions, opened on March 20 on a cluster of 12 small islands in the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan.

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Int'l modern art festival on Japan islets

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows ''ANGER from the Bottom,'' an artwork co-created by Beat Takeshi, internationally known as film director Takeshi Kitano, and contemporary artist Kenji Yanobe, in the town of Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 19, 2013. The Setouchi Triennale 2013, a contemporary art show featuring the works of more than 200 artists from 23 countries and regions, opened on March 20 on a cluster of 12 small islands in the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan.

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Int'l modern art festival on Japan islets

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows ''The Star ANGER,'' created by contemporary artist Kenji Yanobe, in the town of Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 19, 2013. The Setouchi Triennale 2013, a contemporary art show featuring the works of more than 200 artists from 23 countries and regions, opened on March 20 on a cluster of 12 small islands in the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan.

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Drone delivery test on southwestern Japan islands

A drone carrying merchandise takes off from Amami-Oshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on June 29, 2022, to fly to a tiny inhabited island, part of the town of Setouchi in the prefecture, in a test to check the viability of delivering goods in the event of disasters and the cancellation of regular ferry services.

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Drone delivery test on southwestern Japan islands

A drone arrives on a tiny inhabited island, part of the southwestern Japan town of Setouchi in Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 29, 2022, after leaving Amami-Oshima Island in the prefecture to test the viability of delivering merchandise in the event of disasters and the cancellation of regular ferry services.

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Traditional good harvest dance performed on Amami-Oshima

A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Yui no Honen Odori," a dance depicting the process of rice cultivation that is performed to pray for a good harvest, in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional dance depicts rice farming

A woman dressed in a gorgeous kimono and surrounded by other women performs a dance depicting the threshing of rice crops during an annual event in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Wild Boar' nears onlookers in Shodon Shibaya play

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A "wild boar" approaches spectators during this year's traditional "Shodon Shibaya" play, Japan's important intangible folk cultural property, in Setouchi town's Kakeroma Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014.(Kyodo)

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Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Honen Odori" festival to pray for a good harvest in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)