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Isetan Mitsukoshi offers chartered train ride as New Year lucky bag

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese department chain operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. announces in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2014, a tour plan featuring a chartered sightseeing train ride operated by Shinano Railway Co. in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, as one of the New Year "Fukubukuro" lucky bags.

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Issa museum unveils new book about poet

SHINANO, Japan - The Issa Memorial Museum in the town of Shinano in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, unveils the "Kashiwabara Gashu," a book containing nine newly discovered his "hiku" poems and other documents of Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), a Japanese poet from the Edo period, to the press on March 19, 2014.

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Issa museum unveils Issa's letter to his wife

SHINANO, Japan - The Issa Memorial Museum in the town of Shinano in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, unveils to the press on March 19, 2014, a letter which Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), a Japanese "haiku" poet from the Edo period, sent to his wife.

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Ski resorts seeking to exploit post-Olympic interest

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 22, 2014 shows people enjoying snow rafting at Tangram Ski Circus in Shinano, Nagano Prefecture.

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves rice paddies and houses flooded in an area straddling Sanjo and Kamo in Niigata Prefecture in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. Seen in back is the Shinano River.

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Prince Charles walks around in woods in Nagano Prefecture

SHINANO, Japan - Writer C.W. Nicol (R) shows Britain's Prince Charles (C) and Japan's Princess Takamado around the ''Afan Woodland'' in the town of Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 30. Prince Charles, accompanied by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is on a five-day visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Prince Charles walks around in woods in Nagano Prefecture

SHINANO, Japan - Britain's Prince Charles (L) watches a tree climbing demonstration at the ''Afan Woodland'' in the town of Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 30 with C.W. Nicol (2nd from R), founder of the Afan Woodland Trust, standing nearby. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits central Japan forest managed by British-born author

Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko take a stroll in the Afan Woodland, which is managed by British-born writer and environmentalist C.W. Nicol, in the central Japan town of Shinano on June 6, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor visits central Japan forest managed by British-born author

Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (next to the emperor) listen to explanations by British-born writer and environmentalist C.W. Nicol (R) during a visit to the Afan Woodland in the central Japan town of Shinano on June 6, 2016. The 75-year-old author has long been involved in efforts to restore the woodland's original ecosystem. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor visits central Japan forest managed by British-born author

Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (next to the emperor) listen to explanations by British-born writer and environmentalist C.W. Nicol (R) during a visit to the Afan Woodland in the central Japan town of Shinano on June 6, 2016. The 75-year-old author has long been involved in efforts to restore the woodland's original ecosystem. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor visits central Japan forest managed by British-born author

Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko take a stroll in the Afan Woodland, which is managed by British-born writer and environmentalist C.W. Nicol, in the central Japan town of Shinano on June 6, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Male ptarmigan on Mt. Norikura

A male ptarmigan stands on a rock on Mt. Norikura, central Japan, on June 5, 2015. Ptarmigan have been designated an endangered species and special national treasure in Japan. (Pool photo by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ptarmigan eggs collected for artificial incubation

Hiroshi Nakamura (R), a professor emeritus at Shinshu University, collects eggs to artificially incubate and rear ptarmigan, a designated endangered species and special national treasure in Japan, in Mt. Norikura, central Japan, on June 5, 2015. (Pool photo by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ptarmigan eggs in nest on Mt. Norikura

Photo taken June 5, 2015, shows ptarmigan eggs in a nest on Mt. Norikura, central Japan. Five eggs have been collected for artificial incubation and rearing. Ptarmigan have been designated an endangered species and special national treasure in Japan. (Pool photo by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese papers try to woo young readers with mobile phones

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hotaka in the business section of the Tokyo branch of the Nagano-based Shinano Mainichi Shimbun had success with the plan to issue a special advertisement in cooperation with D2 Communications Inc., an arm of NTT DoCoMo Inc. The photo was taken at the branch in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Dec. 2, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Prince Charles walks around in woods in Nagano Prefecture

SHINANO, Japan - Writer C.W. Nicol (R) shows Britain's Prince Charles (C) and Japan's Princess Takamado around the ''Afan Woodland'' in the town of Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 30. Prince Charles, accompanied by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is on a five-day visit to Japan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Prince Charles walks around in woods in Nagano Prefecture

SHINANO, Japan - Britain's Prince Charles (L) watches a tree climbing demonstration at the ''Afan Woodland'' in the town of Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 30 with C.W. Nicol (2nd from R), founder of the Afan Woodland Trust, standing nearby. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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The temple at Amida Pond

Wakoji Temple was established in 1698 at Kitahorie in Nishi Ward, Osaka. Legend has it that Honda Zenko saw an apparition of the Buddha at this pond in 600 and constructed Zenkoji Temple in Shinano (Nagano Prefecture) to worship this apparition. This temple is a popular tourist attraction in Osaka. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐10‐0]

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves rice paddies and houses flooded in an area straddling Sanjo and Kamo in Niigata Prefecture in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. Seen in back is the Shinano River. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shinano River, the longest river in Japan, in Niigata on June 5, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay runners pose on a bridge over the Shinano River, the longest river in Japan, during the torch relay in the Niigata Prefecture city of Nagaoka on June 5, 2021.

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Shinano Railway's new train

Photo taken July 4, 2020, shows an inauguration ceremony for Shinano Railway's new SR1 train in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The train targets commuters on weekdays and tourists on weekends.

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Coca-Cola red train in Japan

Shinano Railway Co. unveils train cars painted in a signature Coca-Cola red in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 4, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coca-Cola red train in Japan

Shinano Railway Co. unveils train cars painted in a signature Coca-Cola red in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 4, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coca-Cola red train in Japan

Shinano Railway Co. unveils train cars painted in a signature Coca-Cola red in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 4, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's clay pots to be lent out to British Museum

Photo taken Oct. 3, 2016, at the Japanese Embassy in London shows a clay pot, which was created around 5,000 years ago in watershed areas along the Shinano River in central Japan. The pot, along with three others, has been loaned to the British Museum from the Umataka Jomon Museum in the central Japanese city of Nagaoka for three years for regular exhibitions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo