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Nursery in Nagano unveils school song by singer Matsutoya

TATESHINA, Japan - Staff members of the Tateshina nursery perform a school song, with its music and lyrics written by popular singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, during a first-day-of-school ceremony on April 2, 2014, in Tateshina, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Matsutoya, who owns a villa in the town, has taken part in local events such as school festivals.

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Diaries by film director Ozu, screenwriter

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese film director Yasujiro Ozu (L) and his main screenwriter, Kogo Noda. A book based on diaries by Ozu and Noda that detail their collaborative process when they worked on movie scripts in Tateshina Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, will be published in late July 2013.

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Japan high school students play jazz at cherry blossom festival

WASHINGTON, United States - Members of Japan's Tateshina High School Jazz Club, a model for ''Swing Girls,'' a Japanese film about female high school students caught up in big-band jazz, perform with the Howard University Jazz Ensemble at the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington on March 29.

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'Swing Girls' jazz club to perform at U.S. cherry blossom festival

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken on March 8 shows members of the Tateshina High School Jazz Club in Nagano Prefecture, which helped to inspire the popular movie ''Swing Girls.'' The club will send a group of about 30 members to Washington to perform at the annual cherry blossom festival's opening ceremony.

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Japan high school students play jazz at cherry blossom festival

WASHINGTON, United States - Members of Japan's Tateshina High School Jazz Club, a model for ''Swing Girls,'' a Japanese film about female high school students caught up in big-band jazz, perform with the Howard University Jazz Ensemble at the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington on March 29. (Kyodo)

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'Swing Girls' jazz club to perform at U.S. cherry blossom festiv

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken on March 8 shows members of the Tateshina High School Jazz Club in Nagano Prefecture, which helped to inspire the popular movie ''Swing Girls.'' The club will send a group of about 30 members to Washington to perform at the annual cherry blossom festival's opening ceremony. (Kyodo)

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The Kasatori Pass

Kasatori Pass (752m) is located between the post towns of Ashida (Tateshina-machi, Nagano Prefecture) and Nagakubo (Nagato-machi) on the Nakasendo Highway. The pine trees along the highway appear in the woodblock prints entitled The 63 Post Towns of Nakasendo by Ando Hiroshige. The mountain in the background is Mt. Asama (2568m), an active volcano.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐8‐0]