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Carp streamers in disaster-hit Wakayama

Koinobori carp streamers are displayed in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 24, 2023, by residents of a western Japan city flooded by deadly torrential rains in 2011.

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Carp streamers in disaster-hit Wakayama

Koinobori carp streamers are displayed in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 24, 2023, by residents of a western Japan city flooded by deadly torrential rains in 2011.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

SHINGU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 6, 2011, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter in an area hit by Typhoon Talas in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. The helicopter brought relief supplies to be delivered to people cut off due to severed roads in the area.

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Torch festival held at Kamikura Shrine in Wakayama Pref.

SHINGU, Japan - About 2,000 men carrying torches run down the 538 steps of a shrine approach to Kamikura Shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, in the 1,400-year-old torch festival on Feb. 6.

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Japan businessman makes 2nd attempt to cross Pacific on rowboat

SHINGU, Japan - Seen off by friends and supporters, Ikuo Tateo, a 66-year-old businessman, leaves Miwasaki fishing port in Shingu, Okayama Prefecture on April 21 in a fresh attempt at a solo journey across the Pacific in a rowboat. His first attempt four years ago ended when his boat was wrecked in a storm shortly after he set out from Iwate Prefecture. Tateo made a round-the-world solo trip on a yacht in 2001 without making a port call.

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New tea leaves picked to be dedicated to shrine

SHINGU, Japan - In a traditional annual ceremony, a group of priestesses pluck new tea leaves at a garden in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 17 for dedication to the Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine whose foundation legendarily dates back to 32 years B.C.

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Nachi Waterfall regains picturesque shape with ample rain

SHINGU, Japan - The picturesque shape of the 133-meter Nachi Waterfall in Wakayama Prefecture is seen again on May 20 with the area getting ample rainfall in May.

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Cherry at Kumano-Nachi Taisha Shrine in full bloom

SHINGU, Japan - The famed cherry tree known in scientific name as ''prunus pendula'' at Kumano-Nachi Taisha shrine in Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, is in full bloom on March 27.

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Hydrangeas in full bloom

SHINGU, Japan - As much of the Japanese archipelago stays soaked in the rainy season, hydrangeas are in full bloom at the famed Kumano Nachi Grand Shrine in Nachi-Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 14.