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"Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet train retires

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows the "Doctor Yellow" T4 edition track-testing bullet train for Japan's high-speed shinkansen lines making its final run with a five-story pagoda at the World Heritage-listed Toji temple in Kyoto in the background. Owned by JR Central, the T4 made its debut in 2001 and will not be replaced as the N700S passenger trains will carry test and observation equipment from 2027.

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World Refugee Day

A five-story pagoda at the World Heritage-listed Toji temple in Kyoto is lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, on June 20, 2023, the U.N.-designated World Refugee Day.

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World Refugee Day

A five-story pagoda at the World Heritage-listed Toji temple in Kyoto is lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, on June 20, 2023, the U.N.-designated World Refugee Day.

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World Refugee Day

A five-story pagoda at the World Heritage-listed Toji temple in Kyoto is lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, on June 20, 2023, the U.N.-designated World Refugee Day.

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Toji temple shows 'mandala' symbols to press

KYOTO, Japan - "Kongokai" of the Ryogai Mandala-zu portraying the Buddhist universe is shown to the press at the Kanjoin hall of the World Heritage Toji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Toji temple shows 'mandala' symbols to press

KYOTO, Japan - "Taizokai" of the Ryogai Mandala-zu portraying the Buddhist universe is shown to the press at the Kanjoin hall of the World Heritage Toji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Indian PM Modi visits famous Kyoto temple with Abe

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Minister Narendra Modi (C) visits Toji Temple, a World Heritage site, in Kyoto with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) on Aug. 31, 2014. Modi is on a five-day official visit to Japan aimed at bolstering bilateral security and economic ties. (Pool photo)

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Indian PM Modi visits famous Kyoto temple with Abe

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Minister Narendra Modi (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) wave to reporters on Aug. 31, 2014, in front of the five-storied pagoda at Toji Temple, a World Heritage site, in Kyoto. Modi is on a five-day official visit to Japan aimed at bolstering bilateral security and economic ties. (Pool photo)

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Kyoto temple documents to be recommended for UNESCO listing

KYOTO, Japan - Yoshifumi Takaishi, head of the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives, expresses his pleasure in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 12, 2014, following a UNESCO advisory panel's decision to recommend historical documents at Toji Temple, called "Toji Hyakugo Monjo" (Toji Temple's 100 boxes of documents), for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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Toji's historical documents, World Memory candidate

KYOTO, Japan - "Toji Hyakugo Monjo," a collection of historical documents from medieval Japan originally preserved at Toji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, are displayed at the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives in the western Japanese city on June 12, 2014. The Japanese National Commission for UNESCO selected the collection, a national treasure, as one of two candidates to be inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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Kyoto police station to move functions to Toji in disaster

KYOTO, Japan - A policeman from Kyoto Prefecture's Minami station prepares food during an emergency drill held in Kyoto, on May 7, 2014. The police station signed an agreement the same day with Toji, a World Heritage temple in the western Japanese city, to transfer its functions to the temple and use its facilities and property in the event of disasters. The Minami police station building built in 1957 is one of the oldest police stations in Japan.

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Steam locomotive Yoshitsune pulled in front of Toji

KYOTO, Japan - The steam locomotive Yoshitsune is transported on a trailer in front of Toji, a world heritage temple in Kyoto, toward the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in the western Japan city on April 15, 2014, from a museum in Osaka.

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Wooden lion of Heian period to be displayed at Toji

KYOTO, Japan - A wooden lion, made during the Heian period (794 - 1185 A.D.), is disclosed to the press at Toji, a world heritage temple in Kyoto, on March 19, 2014, ahead of the opening of the temple's esoteric Buddhism art craft exhibition on March 20, 2014.

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Buddhist stole of 14th century at Toji

KYOTO, Japan - A Buddhist monk's stole, donated to Toji, a world heritage temple in Kyoto, during the Nanboku-cho (the Period of Northern and Southern Courts) in the 14th century in Japan is disclosed to the press on March 19, 2014, ahead of the opening of the temple's esoteric Buddhism art crafts exhibition the following day.

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Hall, gate at Toji Temple in Kyoto vandalized with oily liquid

Oily spots are seen on a gate to Kanjoin Hall at Toji Temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto, on April 9, 2015. Similar incidents of vandalism have occurred at other temples and shrines in Kyoto and Nara prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hall, gate at Toji Temple in Kyoto vandalized with oily liquid

A priest points to oily spots on a gate to Kanjoin Hall at Toji Temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto, on April 9, 2015. Similar incidents of vandalism have occurred at other temples and shrines in Kyoto and Nara prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Five-tiered pagoda at Toji Temple

The five-story pagoda of Nin'naji Temple is seen from the west. Tall pine and cherry trees reach into the sky. The road in the foreground connects Niohmon Gate and Kondo Hall. The pagoda was built in 1637 by the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Each side is approximately 5.5m wide. The pagoda is 33m tall and is painted red.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐14‐0]

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Toji temple shows 'mandala' symbols to press

KYOTO, Japan - "Kongokai" of the Ryogai Mandala-zu portraying the Buddhist universe is shown to the press at the Kanjoin hall of the World Heritage Toji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Indian PM Modi visits famous Kyoto temple with Abe

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Minister Narendra Modi (C) visits Toji Temple, a World Heritage site, in Kyoto with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) on Aug. 31, 2014. Modi is on a five-day official visit to Japan aimed at bolstering bilateral security and economic ties. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Kyoto temple documents to be recommended for UNESCO listing

KYOTO, Japan - Yoshifumi Takaishi, head of the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives, expresses his pleasure in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 12, 2014, following a UNESCO advisory panel's decision to recommend historical documents at Toji Temple, called "Toji Hyakugo Monjo" (Toji Temple's 100 boxes of documents), for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. (Kyodo)

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World Refugee Day

Combined photo shows (from L) the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower, a five-story pagoda at Toji temple in Kyoto and Sapporo TV Tower on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, all lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, on World Refugee Day on June 20, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Refugee Day

The five-storied pagoda at Toji temple in Kyoto is lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, on World Refugee Day on June 20, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Toji Temple in Kyoto is closed on April 27, 2020, during the Golden Week holiday season amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo