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Tajima clings onto sole lead in Omaezaki

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Soshi Tajima reacts after sinking his birdie putt in the third round of the Golf Tournament in Omaezaki on July 29. Tajima remained in pole position but saw his overnight lead trimmed to one stroke after an even-par 71.

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Katayama shares lead with Tajimaat Munsingwear Open

TAMANO, Japan - Three-time money title winner Shingo Katayama smiles as he holes out in the second round of the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club in Okayama Prefecture on May 19. Katayama shared the lead with Soshi Tajima after shooting 3-under-par 69s.

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Katayama shares lead with Tajimaat Munsingwear Open

TAMANO, Japan - Three-time money title winner Shingo Katayama smiles as he holes out in the second round of the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club in Okayama Prefecture on May 19. Katayama shared the lead with Soshi Tajima after shooting 3-under-par 69s.

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Tajima takes 1st-round lead at Georgia Tokai Classic

MIYOSHI, Japan - Soshi Tajima shot a 5-under-par 67 to stay one stroke clear of the field after the opening round of the Georgia Tokai Classic at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 9.

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Tajima wins career 1st at Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta

SHIMA, Japan - Soshi Tajima kisses his cup after winning his first victory on the tour at the Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Golf Tournament at Keya Golf Club in Fukuoka Prefecture on Aug. 31.

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Katayama shares lead with Tajimaat Munsingwear Open

TAMANO, Japan - Three-time money title winner Shingo Katayama smiles as he holes out in the second round of the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club in Okayama Prefecture on May 19. Katayama shared the lead with Soshi Tajima after shooting 3-under-par 69s. (Kyodo)

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Tajima clings onto sole lead in Omaezaki

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Soshi Tajima reacts after sinking his birdie putt in the third round of the Golf Tournament in Omaezaki on July 29. Tajima remained in pole position but saw his overnight lead trimmed to one stroke after an even-par 71. (Kyodo)

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Heir to time-honored Japanese confectioner also writes novels

Soshi Chimoto, an author of novels targeting young people and heir to a well-established Japanese confectioner in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, reads a book in Shiki in the prefecture in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarusawa Pond

Sarusawa Pond at Kofukuji Temple has a perimeter of approximately 300 meters. At the left rear is the Three Storied Pagoda. This pond was famous from the old days, and legends about it abound. The story of the lady-in-waiting of the Emperor Heijo throwing herself in the pond for lost love is famous in Makura no Soshi (a collection of essays written by Sei Shonagon).==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐26‐0]

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The precincts of Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Daikoku-do viewed from Soshi-do. Nichiren, the founder of the Nichiren Sect of Buddhism, died in the year 1282 at the residence of Ikegami Munenaka Ikegami on his way to Hitachi from Mt. Minobu for spa treatment. Munenaka donated units of land equivalent to the number of ideographs in the Saddharmapundarika-sutra (about 70,000 tsubo or 231,420 square meters) and this became Ikegami Honmonji Temple. The Soshi-do, dedicated to Soshi, the founder of the Isshu Sect, is to the left just outside the picture. It was rebuilt in 1723 but burned to the ground during World War II. There are many worshippers beyond the basin.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐92‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima could be reached on foot at low tide. The distance was about 500 m. The Renka poet Iio Soshi says in his book Meisho Hokakusho that he used to go to Enoshima on foot at low tide, and the Renka poet Socho mentions in his book Togokukiko that ferry boats were used at full tide. The boats in the distance may be a ferry boats.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐33‐0]

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Next grand master of Urasenke tea ceremony school

Sen Soshi (R), the next grand master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, meets the press at Juko-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji temple, in Kyoto on Oct. 9, 2020. Current grand master Sen Soshitsu (C) and former grand master Sen Genshitsu also attended.

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Next grand master of Urasenke tea ceremony school

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a ceremony for its next grand master Sen Soshi at Juko-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji temple in Kyoto, on Oct. 9, 2020.

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Tajima takes 1st-round lead at Georgia Tokai Classic

MIYOSHI, Japan - Soshi Tajima shot a 5-under-par 67 to stay one stroke clear of the field after the opening round of the Georgia Tokai Classic at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 9. (Kyodo)