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Princess Kako visits Osaka expo

Japan's Princess Kako is briefed about Aomori Prefecture's traditional Tsugaru lacquerware during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 23, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits Osaka expo

Japan's Princess Kako works on craftwork using Aomori Prefecture's traditional Tsugaru lacquerware during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 23, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 2

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video was shot in Tsugaru City, located on the west coast of the Tsugaru Peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan in Aomori Prefecture, and it shows blizzard conditions.

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[breaking News]"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Video shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2025. (Kyodo)

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"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

Photo shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2025.

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"Stove train" starts running in northeastern Japan

Passengers warm up by a coal stove on Tsugaru Railway's "stove train" in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. The train, a winter tradition in the Tsugaru region of Aomori, started running the same day.

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"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

A conductor grills dried squids on a coal stove on a special "stove train" running in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2024.

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"Stove train" in northeastern Japan

Photo shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train service will run through the end of March 2024.

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LIBERATING THE SHAMISEN

LIBERATING THE SHAMISEN,Tsugaru shamisen, Tsugaru jongara bushi, Tsugaru shamisen player, Susumu Yamagami, traditional culture, Japanese culture, sledding, performance, live music, Kassai Aomori=Date:1994, Place:Aomori Prefecture,JAPAN

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Passengers warm up on Tsugaru stove train

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers warm themselves by a stove on the so-called "stove train" of Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014, the first day of this season's operation.

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Coal on fire on 'Stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor on the "stove train" puts coal in a stove in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Honshu, on Dec. 1, 2014. The Tsugaru Railway Co.'s popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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'Stove train' starts running in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Tsugaru Railway Co.'s "stove train," equipped with coal stoves, stops at a station in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on the Honshu main island, on Dec. 1, 2014. The popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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Largest ensemble of shamisen performers

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 performers of "Tsugaru shamisen," a type of music played with the shamisen three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument, gather at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2014, to set a world record for the largest shamisen ensemble. Under the eye of staff from Guinness World Records Japan, they set a record when 1,124 performers played together. According to Guinness World Records, the previous world record in the category was set in 1999 at Tokyo Dome when 815 shamisen players performed together.

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Largest ensemble of shamisen performers

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 performers of "Tsugaru shamisen," a type of music played with the shamisen three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument, gather at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2014, to set a world record for the largest shamisen ensemble. Under the eye of staff from Guinness World Records Japan, they set a record when 1,124 performers played together. According to Guinness World Records, the previous world record in the category was set in 1999 at Tokyo Dome when 815 shamisen players performed together.

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Largest ensemble of shamisen performers

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 performers of "Tsugaru shamisen," a type of music played with the shamisen three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument, gather at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2014, to set a world record for the largest shamisen ensemble. Under the eye of staff from Guinness World Records Japan, they set a record when 1,124 performers played together. According to Guinness World Records, the previous world record in the category was set in 1999 at Tokyo Dome when 815 shamisen players performed together.

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Japan installs 2nd U.S. military radar

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. military radar, the X-band radar, has been brought into the Air Self-Defense Force Kyogamisaki sub-base in western Japan city of Kyotango on Oct. 21, 2014. The radar, which is the second X-band radar in Japan following the ASDF Shariki sub-base in northeastern city of Tsugaru, was installed in light of North Korea's nuclear ambitions and missile development.

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Conductor adds coal on 'stove train' in northern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor adds coal to a stove in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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Passengers eat ice cream on 'stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers eat ice cream in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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X-band radar

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in April 2010 shows an advanced U.S. military radar, the so-called X-band radar, in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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World's oldest Bactrian camel dies in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2012, shows the world's oldest Bactrian camel, Tsugaru, at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. The zoo announced on May 24, 2014, the camel died the previous day at the estimated age of 38, which is equivalent to more than 100 years old for human beings.

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Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A June 2013 photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Oma nuclear power plant (bottom) under construction in Aomori Prefecture. At top is the city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, across the Tsugaru Strait. The city of Hakodate filed a lawsuit on April 3, 2014, against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of the construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma plant due to safety concerns.

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150th anniversary of Japan-Switzerland ties

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shunsuke Kimura (R) and Etsuro Ono play the Tsugaru shamisen stringed instrument in Neuchatel, Switzerland, during a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland.

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Australian swimmer Palfrey

HAKODATE, Japan - Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey (L) and her husband Chris pose for photos in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19, 2011, a day before their challenge to swim across the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's largest main island Honshu and northernmost main island Hokkaido. Palfrey, who is trying to achieve solo-swimming across the seven major channels in the world, conquered the Japanese channel, her sixth, on the following day, leaving only one more to go to accomplish the feat called the ''Ocean's Seven.'' Chris Palfrey attempted to cross the Tsugaru Strait via a different route but failed to complete the swim.

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Tsugaru folk music played in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese musicians Shigeri Kitsu (L) and Katsuaki Sawada (R), a Tsugaru shamisen player, play folk music from northeastern Japan with Russian musicians in Vladivostok, Russia, on March 9, 2011.

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Tsugaru folk music played in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese musicians including Katsuaki Sawada (R front) sing and play folk music from northeastern Japan with Russian musicians in Vladivostok, Russia, on March 9, 2011.

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Camel in Yokohama celebrates '35th birthday'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bactrian camel Tsugaru eats his Christmas cake on Dec. 18, 2010, celebrating his assumed ''35th birthday'' at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama. Tsugaru, over 100 years old in human terms, is fed coenzyme Q-10.

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Japan-S. Korea festival in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Students of Goshogawara Daiichi High School in Aomori Prefecture play Tsugaru shamisen, traditional three-stringed instruments from the prefecture, at the ''Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri'' (Japan-South Korean Exchange Festival) in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2010.

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Helicopter salvaged after crash off Aomori

OMA, Japan - A helicopter that crashed July 6 in the Tsugaru Strait off Oma, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, is salvaged July 10 for an investigation into the cause of the accident. The four people aboard went missing in the accident and the body of one of them -- Hiromitsu Kikuchi, 43, the copilot -- was recovered July 9 by divers from inside the wreckage.

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Philippine, Japanese freighters collide off Tokyo

TATEYAMA, Japan - The Filipino freighter Eastern Challenger (fore) is in danger of sinking after suffering some damage and taking in water following a collision with the Japanese freighter Tsugaru Maru about 9 kilometers northwest of Sunosaki Lighthouse in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on the Boso Peninsula on April 13.

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Traditional Japanese music gaining popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Musical duo Yoshida Brothers -- Ryoichi (L) and Kenichi -- play the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese banjo, during a recent performance at the French Embassy in Tokyo. The brothers, who dress in traditional ceremonial attire when performing, are rising stars in the traditional Japanese music scene.

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Adventurer set to cross Tsugaru Strait

HAKODATE, Japan - Adventurer Ken Igarashi poses to photographers July 17 in the seaside of southern Hokkaido. Igarashi, 46, is poised to begin early Sunday a 30-kilometer swim across the Tsugaru Strait, which separates Hokkaido and the largest main island of Honshu.

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Japan-S. Korea exchange festival in Seoul

Musicians play Tsugaru shamisen, a traditional three-stringed musical instrument deriving from Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at the annual Japan-South Korea exchange festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2022.

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THE WEDDING OF PRINCE YOSHI

THE WEDDING OF PRINCE YOSHI==Date:Oct, 1964, Place:Imperial Palace,Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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History in 1964

Yellow blood the Niigata earthquake the stamp boom the marriage of Prince Yoshimiya the Olympic Games and the recessionary wind that blew around. <Caption> Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda blood sales Niigata earthquake tilted houses and buildings stamp boom young people dancing at a disco wedding of Prince Yoshi Hanako Tsugaru Olympics Tokaido Shinkansen opens torch opening ceremony at a Greek temple weightlifting Miyake Wrestling: Rapid Progress 100-meter run Marathon: Abebe Men's gymnastics Judo Recession Bankruptcy of small and medium-sized companies Prime Minister Eisaku Sato *Filming date unknown Release date: 1964

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Japan, Filipino coast guards conduct joint anti-piracy training

Photo taken July 13, 2016, shows a vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (front) conducting joint anti-piracy training with the Japan Coast Guard's patrol vessel Tsugaru in waters off Manila. Captain Katsushi Murase of Tsugaru said the Philippines is an important partner of Japan and that such combined exercises are necessary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Filipino coast guards conduct joint anti-piracy training

Photo taken July 13, 2016, shows a vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (front) conducting joint anti-piracy training with the Japan Coast Guard's patrol vessel Tsugaru in waters off Manila. Captain Katsushi Murase of Tsugaru said the Philippines is an important partner of Japan and that such combined exercises are necessary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Stove train" starts running in Aomori

A conductor on Tsugaru Railway Co.'s "stove train" puts coal into a stove in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Dec. 1, 2015, the first day of this season's operation. Known as a winter tradition in the Tsugaru region, the train is due to run until March 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Stove train" starts running in Aomori Prefecture

Passengers warm up near a stove on Tsugaru Railway Co.'s "stove train" in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Dec. 1, 2015, the first day of this season's operation. Known as a winter tradition in the Tsugaru region, the train is due to run until March 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Koizumi speaks against Oma nuclear plant construction

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2015. He said Hakodate's opposition to Electric Power Development Co.'s nuclear power plant under construction in the town of Oma in Aomori Prefecture, across the Tsugaru Strait, is natural given its geographical proximity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Prime Ministers Koizumi, Hosokawa visit Hakodate

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) checks the location of the planned Oma nuclear plant located in Aomori Prefecture across the Tsugaru Strait, from the Hakodate municipal office in Hokkaido on Oct. 29, 2015. Earlier, Koizumi and former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa met with Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo. The two former prime ministers are jointly working to eliminate nuclear power generation while Hakodate city filed a lawsuit in April 2014 seeking the suspension of a plan to build the Oma plant, the world's first plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Prime Ministers Koizumi, Hosokawa visit Hakodate

(From L) Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo and former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa speak to reporters at the municipal office in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Oct. 29, 2015, after their talks. The two former prime ministers are jointly working to eliminate nuclear power generation while Hakodate city filed a lawsuit in April 2014 seeking the suspension of a plan to build the Oma nuclear plant, the world's first plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor located in Aomori Prefecture across the Tsugaru Strait. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Japan-S. Korea festival held in Seoul

Performers from Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, entertain the crowd with the Tsugaru hand dance in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2015, as part of a two-day annual festival aimed at promoting cultural exchanges between Japan and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Survivor recalls 1945 U.S. air raid on cross-strait ferries

Mikio Miura recounts in an interview on July 14, 2015, in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, his terrifying experience as a crew member aboard the No. 6 Seikan Maru, one of 12 ferries linking Aomori and Hakodate across the Tsugaru Strait that were attacked by U.S. planes in July 1945 toward the end of World War II. The attack killed about 400 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakodate mayor reelected

Toshiki Kudo, mayor of the northern Japan city of Hakodate, smiles after being reelected in a mayoral race on April 26, 2015. Kudo has taken the initiative in filing a lawsuit seeking suspension of the construction of a nuclear power plant across the Tsugaru Strait due to safety concerns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakodate city gathers many signatures against Oma nuke plant

Mayor Toshiki Kudo (L) of Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture and local community group leader Tadashi Shinya see in the northern Japanese city on March 20, 2015, a list of signatures from 146,184 people against Electric Power Development Co.'s construction of a nuclear power plant in Oma, Aomori Prefecture, across the Tsugaru Strait. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists brave heat to enjoy ride on "stove train" in northern Japan

Passengers brave the heat in a train car with a coal-burning stove in Goshogawara in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Aug. 8, 2015. Tsugaru Railway Co. operates the "stove train" in August as a tourist attraction. ==Kyodo

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Temperature reads 50 C on "stove train" in northern Japan

A passenger shows a temperature gauge reading 50 C in front of a coal-burning stove in a train car in Goshogawara in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Aug. 8, 2015. Tsugaru Railway Co. operates the "stove train" in August as a tourist attraction. ==Kyodo

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Traditional Japanese music gaining popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Musical duo Yoshida Brothers -- Ryoichi (L) and Kenichi -- play the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese banjo, during a recent performance at the French Embassy in Tokyo. The brothers, who dress in traditional ceremonial attire when performing, are rising stars in the traditional Japanese music scene.

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Helicopter salvaged after crash off Aomori

OMA, Japan - A helicopter that crashed July 6 in the Tsugaru Strait off Oma, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, is salvaged July 10 for an investigation into the cause of the accident. The four people aboard went missing in the accident and the body of one of them -- Hiromitsu Kikuchi, 43, the copilot -- was recovered July 9 by divers from inside the wreckage. (Kyodo)

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Philippine, Japanese freighters collide off Tokyo

TATEYAMA, Japan - The Filipino freighter Eastern Challenger (fore) is in danger of sinking after suffering some damage and taking in water following a collision with the Japanese freighter Tsugaru Maru about 9 kilometers northwest of Sunosaki Lighthouse in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on the Boso Peninsula on April 13. (Kyodo)