Wakaura coast

Wakaura coast

Wakanoura is a famous place mentioned in many literary works. A ferry boat can be seen here. This was the mouth of Waka River into which Kino River used to flow in the ancient times. Kii Miidera Temple is visible on the hillside across the water. On the left is Mt. Imose with Kaizen-in built by Yorinobu, the first feudal lord of the Tokugawa Clan of Kishu. The building at the bottom of the hill is Kyo'odo at Kaizenji, and the roofs of Kankaikaku and Tahoto Pagoda are faintly visible in the trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Wakayama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐33‐0]

Whale meat for school lunch

Whale meat for school lunch

Students are served whale meat at Wakaura Elementary School in Wakayama on July 3, 2019, under the school lunch program that began in fiscal 2017 in the western Japan prefecture hosting a well-known whaling town. Earlier in the day the students learned about the ecology of whales and whaling history in Japan from an official of the Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research, who visited the school as part of its efforts to deepen people's understanding of whaling following Japan's resumption of commercial whaling on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Whale meat for school lunch

Whale meat for school lunch

Students eat whale meat at Wakaura Elementary School in Wakayama on July 3, 2019, under the school lunch program that began in fiscal 2017 in the western Japan prefecture hosting a well-known whaling town. Earlier in the day the students learned about the ecology of whales and whaling history in Japan from an official of the Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research, who visited the school as part of its efforts to deepen people's understanding of whaling following Japan's resumption of commercial whaling on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo