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Drone aerial photo service

A drone flies over the island of Shodoshima in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Feb. 28, 2025, to take aerial pictures of the island's landscape popular among tourists. Major travel agency JTB and partners demonstrated the flight for the media as they are set to begin Japan's first drone aerial photo service dubbed "Skypix" in August.

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Drone aerial photo service

A drone flies over the island of Shodoshima in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Feb. 28, 2025, to take aerial pictures of the island's landscape popular among tourists. Major travel agency JTB and partners demonstrated the flight for the media as they are set to begin Japan's first drone aerial photo service dubbed "Skypix" in August.

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Shodoshima Angel Road

Angel Road on Shodoshima Island. ＝Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Shodoshima Angel Road

Angel Road on Shodoshima Island. ＝Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Shodoshima route ferry Shodoshima Maru No. 2

Shodoshima ferry, Shodoshima Maru No. 2. ＝May 5, 2024, Kagawa Prefecture

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Giant pumpkin

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Koji Ueno celebrates behind the 485.1-kilogram pumpkin he grew, after it was declared Japan's heaviest in a national competition, on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013. The pumpkin will be entered in an international competition in the state of Oregon on Oct. 19.

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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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(5) Taiwan doctor tests positive for SARS

SHODOSHIMA, Japan - A health official disinfects the toilet of a hotel in Shodosima Island, Kagawa Prefecture on May 17 as a Taiwanese doctor who returned to Taipei after a sightseeing tour of western Japan was found positive for the SARS epidemic.

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Champion squash weighs 331.6 kg

TAKAMATSU, Japan - People admire the winner of an annual national squash contest held on Shodoshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 28. The squash, grown by Takao Hoshijima, 67, of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, weighs 331.6 kilograms. Hoshijima plans to take his product to the world squash contest on Oct. 26 in San Francisco.

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Giant 370-kg pumpkin judged heaviest in Japan

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Takao Hoshijima shows off the 369.5-kilogram pumpkin, grown by him, which was judged Japan's heaviest in a 15th national weight competition in Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30. The pumpkin, which is about 398 centimeters around and 81 cm high, will be entered in an international weight competition to be held in San Francisco on Oct. 20.

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Okayama farmer wins giant pumpkin contest

IKEDA, Japan - Takao Hoshijima, a farmer from Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture (R) shows off a mammoth pumpkin he grew that won the all-Japan pumpkin contest on Sept. 26. The pumpkin, the biggest among 62 giant pumpkins entered in the Japan No. 1 Giant Pumpkin Contest held in Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, weighs 390.6 kilograms.

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Champion squash weighs 331.6 kg

TAKAMATSU, Japan - People admire the winner of an annual national squash contest held on Shodoshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 28. The squash, grown by Takao Hoshijima, 67, of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, weighs 331.6 kilograms. Hoshijima plans to take his product to the world squash contest on Oct. 26 in San Francisco. (Kyodo)

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Heaviest pumpkin in Japan

Koji Ueno, a 54-year-old office worker, celebrates as his 561.6 kilogram pumpkin was recognized as Japan's heaviest in a competition on the western Japan island of Shodoshima on Sept. 20, 2015. He will take part in a world competition in California in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heaviest pumpkin in Japan

Koji Ueno, a 54-year-old office worker, celebrates as his 561.6 kilogram pumpkin was recognized as Japan's heaviest in a competition on the western Japan island of Shodoshima on Sept. 20, 2015. He will take part in a world competition in California in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in Shodoshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in Shodoshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2021.

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Woman co-authors book to help save Japan's small soy sauce brewers

Keiko Kuroshima, a designer who also describes herself as a "soy sauce sommelier," poses in front of wooden brewing barrels with her co-authored book, which introduces small soy sauce breweries across Japan, in her hometown of Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on May 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(5) Taiwan doctor tests positive for SARS

SHODOSHIMA, Japan - A health official disinfects the toilet of a hotel in Shodosima Island, Kagawa Prefecture on May 17 as a Taiwanese doctor who returned to Taipei after a sightseeing tour of western Japan was found positive for the SARS epidemic. (Kyodo)

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Heaviest pumpkin in Japan

Hiroyoshi Utsunomiya from Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, celebrates as his 410.3 kilogram pumpkin was recognized as Japan's heaviest in a competition on the western Japan island of Shodoshima in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2020.

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Giant 370-kg pumpkin judged heaviest in Japan

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Takao Hoshijima shows off the 369.5-kilogram pumpkin, grown by him, which was judged Japan's heaviest in a 15th national weight competition in Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30. The pumpkin, which is about 398 centimeters around and 81 cm high, will be entered in an international weight competition to be held in San Francisco on Oct. 20.

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Okayama farmer wins giant pumpkin contest.

IKEDA, Japan - Takao Hoshijima, a farmer from Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture (R) shows off a mammoth pumpkin he grew that won the all-Japan pumpkin contest on Sept. 26. The pumpkin, the biggest among 62 giant pumpkins entered in the Japan No. 1 Giant Pumpkin Contest held in Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, weighs 390.6 kilograms.