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Majority of shared forest left unsold in western Japan

KOCHI, Japan - A majority of a cedar and "hinoki" cypress forest purchased by citizens through a shared forest investment scheme promoted by the Forestry Agency in the 1980s is left untouched in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, in August 2014. The scheme was created to preserve forests and help cover a huge financial deficit of Japan's forest industry.

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Japanese cities vie for title of hottest place in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - People watch a temperature display set up in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, in July 2014 to vie for the title of Japan's hottest city against Saitama Prefecture's Kumagaya and Gifu Prefecture's Tajimi, which each registered 40.9 C on Aug. 16, 2007. Shimanto set Japan's highest temperature of 41.0 C on Aug. 12 last year. The cities use high temperatures to promote tourism.

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Heat wave in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Members of a family play in the Shimanto River as a heat wave continues in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2013.

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Heat wave in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Men jump into the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2013. Temperatures in the city reached 40 C for the fourth day in a row as a severe heat wave continued to engulf wide areas of Japan.

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Heat wave in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - A child touches an ice pillar at Tosa Kuroshio Railway Co.'s Nakamura Station in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2013. Temperatures in the city reached 40 C for the fourth day in a row as a severe heat wave continued to engulf wide areas of Japan.

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Japan's highest temperature

KOCHI, Japan - A man and boy play in the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The western Japan city registered 41.0 C the same day, the highest recorded temperature in the country.

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Heat wave hits Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Children play in the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2013. The temperature that day hit 40.7 C -- the fourth-highest ever in Japan -- in Shimanto, and in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Heat wave hits Japan

KOFU, Japan - Children play with ice brought to a park in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2013. The temperature that day hit 40.7 C -- the fourth-highest ever in Japan -- in Kofu, and in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture.

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Protest in Kochi against Osprey deployment

KOCHI, Japan - People protest against the deployment in Japan of U.S. Marine Corps' MV-22 Osprey aircraft in a rally in Tosa, Kochi Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2012. The prefectural government of Kochi in southwestern Japan said the same day at least one Osprey aircraft being deployed in Okinawa flew over the city of Shimanto on Oct. 1 on its way to the island prefecture from the Marines' Iwakuni Air Station.

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Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto

KOCHI, Japan - People look at toy figures exhibited in Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto in the town of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on July 9, 2011, the opening day of the museum. About 10,000 figures made by Kaiyodo Co. are exhibited at the museum.

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500 carp-shaped streamers put up cross Shimanto River

KOCHI, Japan - Some 500 carp-shaped streamers are put up across the Shimanto River in the village of Towa, Kochi Prefecture, on April 21. The streamers, which are hanged over the 200-meter wide river by two wires, will be displayed until May 19.

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3 hot Japanese cities join hands in promoting tourism

Mascot characters from three cities famous for the oppressive summer heat appear during their joint tourism promotion event capitalizing on their record-setting temperatures in the central Japanese city of Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture on July 25, 2015. The mascots are (from L to R) "Shimacchi" from Shimanto in Kochi Prefecture, "Unagappa" from Tajimi and "Nyaozane" from Kumagaya in Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shimanto River in the Kochi Prefecture city of Shimanto, western Japan, on April 19, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shimanto River in the Kochi Prefecture city of Shimanto, western Japan, on April 19, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shimanto River in the Kochi Prefecture city of Shimanto, western Japan, on April 19, 2021.

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Museum in west Japan tells of villagers' forced relocation in WWII

Hisako Kamiyama (R), a survivor of the Japanese government's forced relocation of villagers from what is now the city of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, during World War II to Manchuria (northeastern China), and Yoshiaki Sagawa, a former member of the local education board, look at exhibits about the tragedy at a refurbished local museum in the western Japan city on Aug. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum in west Japan tells of villagers' forced relocation in WWII

Hisako Kamiyama, an 81-year-old survivor of the Japanese government's forced relocation of villagers from Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, during World War II to Manchuria (northeastern China), points to a photo at a refurbished local museum as she recalls her ordeal during an interview in Shimanto on Aug. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto

KOCHI, Japan - People look at toy figures exhibited in Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto in the town of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on July 9, 2011, the opening day of the museum. About 10,000 figures made by Kaiyodo Co. are exhibited at the museum. (Kyodo)

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Glass eel fishing season peaks

Boats with fish-attracting lamps work the Shimanto River in the southwestern Japan city of Shimanto on Jan. 28, 2017, fishing for glass eels as the season peaks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Glass eel fishing season peaks

Boats with fish-attracting lamps work the Shimanto River in the southwestern Japan city of Shimanto on Jan. 28, 2017, fishing for glass eels as the season peaks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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500 carp-shaped streamers put up cross Shimanto River

KOCHI, Japan - Some 500 carp-shaped streamers are put up across the Shimanto River in the village of Towa, Kochi Prefecture, on April 21. The streamers, which are hanged over the 200-meter wide river by two wires, will be displayed until May 19.