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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, as many people view it from the ground. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Tokyo, 5 prefectures cut water intake by 10%

MINAKAMI, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 9 shows the Yagisawa Dam in Minakami, Gunma prefecture, where the water level has fallen due to recent hot, dry weather. The drop in water levels at the Yagisawa and seven other dams on the upper Tone River has forced Tokyo and five neighboring prefectures to start cutting their water intake by 10% on Aug. 10.

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The river Tone

The river Tone in Japan. Date: 1932

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Konodai Tonegawa fukei - View of Konodai and the Tone River

Utagawa Hiroshige print of Konodai Tonegawa fukei. View of Konodai and the Tone River from the 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' series.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A crane hoists a jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Wisteria trellis,Maebashi,the Nakasendo Road

Maehashi lies in central Gunma Prefecture. The prefecture capital was established here, and the city prospered as a collection and distribution centre for silk products. The exact location of this wisteria trellis is unknown, but if it is indeed Maehashi city, then it is probably close to the bank of Tone River, north of the prefecture office, because aqueducts and ponds are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Maebashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐43‐0]

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Wisteria trellis,Maebashi,the Nakasendo Road

Maehashi lies in central Gunma Prefecture. The prefecture capital was established here, and the city prospered as a collection and distribution centre for silk products. The exact location of this wisteria trellis is unknown, but if it is indeed Maehashi city, then it is probably close to the bank of Tone River, north of the prefecture office, because aqueducts and ponds are visible.==Date:1904, Place:Maebashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐14‐0]

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100-meter-long carp streamer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2011. About 110,000 people, including 120 evacuees from areas close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant who were invited by the Kazo city government, viewed the streamer. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth. (Kyodo)

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100-meter-long carp streamer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2011. About 110,000 people, including 120 evacuees from areas close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant who were invited by the Kazo city government, viewed the streamer. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth. (Kyodo)

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2 sites in Japan added to UNESCO biosphere reserves

Photo taken June 14, 2017, shows the headquarters of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris. UNESCO has added the Tone River basin north of Tokyo and a mountain range in the country's southwest to its list of biosphere reserves, the Japanese government learned the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 sites in Japan added to UNESCO biosphere reserves

The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization holds a meeting at its headquarters in Paris on June 14, 2017. UNESCO has added the Tone River basin north of Tokyo and a mountain range in the country's southwest to its list of biosphere reserves, the Japanese government learned the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, 5 prefectures cut water intake by 10%

MINAKAMI, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 9 shows the Yagisawa Dam in Minakami, Gunma prefecture, where the water level has fallen due to recent hot, dry weather. The drop in water levels at the Yagisawa and seven other dams on the upper Tone River has forced Tokyo and five neighboring prefectures to start cutting their water intake by 10% on Aug. 10.