Children's Day in Thailand

Children's Day in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Boys stand on a tank, assisted by soldiers, at a military facility in Bangkok when it is open to the general public on Jan. 11, 2014. The second Saturday of January is Children's Day in Thailand. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya)

Bangkok family living in old jumbo jet

Bangkok family living in old jumbo jet

Sitting on idle land in the suburbs of Bangkok, the jumbo jet shown in this Sept. 26, 2015 photo is home to a family of 10, including the young child playing in the foreground. The landowners purchased the old jet three years ago to serve as a pub, which closed within one year, and the owners allow the family to live in the decommissioned plane on the condition they look after the land. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan fair held at shopping mall in Bangkok

Japan fair held at shopping mall in Bangkok

A Japan fair is under way at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 21, 2015. Japan has been the most popular overseas destination for Thai tourists in recent years. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Border post dividing Bangkok, adjacent provinces at river mouth

Border post dividing Bangkok, adjacent provinces at river mouth

A border post between the provinces of Bangkok and Samut Prahan stands near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River in Thailand on Jan. 19, 2015. The area now lies 800 meters off the coast due to shoreline erosion. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dinosaur theme park in Bangkok

Dinosaur theme park in Bangkok

A boy puts his head in the mouth of a dinosaur model, with his mother looking on, at a theme park featuring dinosaurs in central Bangkok on March 25, 2016. Around 200 life-size models of dinosaurs will be displayed at the pop-up park in operation until spring 2017. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Thailand's New Year festival

Thailand's New Year festival

People look excited in Bangkok on April 13, 2018, as Thailand started the Songkran Festival, or its annual water festival. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo of Asia: Traditional facial threading in Thailand

Photo of Asia: Traditional facial threading in Thailand

Beauticians at a beauty salon in a night market street in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand, perform traditional facial threading on customers on July 3, 2015. The technique, which involves a thin thread being rolled over the skin to remove unwanted hair, is a traditional beauty treatment method commonly practiced in Asia and other parts of the world for centuries. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo