Gifu Symphony Orchestra plays at Viennese Music Association hall

Gifu Symphony Orchestra plays at Viennese Music Association hall

VIENNA, Austria - Japan's Gifu Symphony Orchestra performs at the Viennese Music Association, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, on May 4 in its first overseas concert to mark the 55th anniversary of its foundation. The amateur orchestra from Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, played the ''Nagaragawa,'' a piece named after a river running in the prefecture written by the late Japanese composer Ikuma Dan, and two other European pieces with Japanese conductor Kazuhiko Komatsu.

Viennese gold coin cake displayed in Tokyo's Ginza

Viennese gold coin cake displayed in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Some 3,000 Viennese gold coins arranged in the shape of a cake are shown at Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.'s store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 28. The 250-million-yen Viennese gold coin cake was made to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday.

Viennese park to be named after 'Tora-san'

Viennese park to be named after 'Tora-san'

VIENNA, Austria - A park featuring a Japanese garden in the Floridsdorf district of Vienna, in photos taken Aug. 20, will be named after ''Tora-san,'' the central character in the long-running Japanese film series ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' (It's Tough Being a Man). (Kyodo)

Gifu Symphony Orchestra plays at Viennese Music Association hall

Gifu Symphony Orchestra plays at Viennese Music Association hall

VIENNA, Austria - Japan's Gifu Symphony Orchestra performs at the Viennese Music Association, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, on May 4 in its first overseas concert to mark the 55th anniversary of its foundation. The amateur orchestra from Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, played the ''Nagaragawa,'' a piece named after a river running in the prefecture written by the late Japanese composer Ikuma Dan, and two other European pieces with Japanese conductor Kazuhiko Komatsu. (Kyodo)

Viennese gold coin cake displayed in Tokyo's Ginza

Viennese gold coin cake displayed in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Some 3,000 Viennese gold coins arranged in the shape of a cake are shown at Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.'s store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 28. The 250-million-yen Viennese gold coin cake was made to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday. (Kyodo)