Expensive melons

Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies

Couple rocks at Ise Futamigaura

Couple rocks at Ise Futamigaura

Fufuiwa (man and wife rock) is located in Futami-cho of Watarai-gun of Mie prefecture. The larger rock is a height of 9 m and a circumference of 44 m. The smaller rock has 4 m in height, and 10 m circumference. A great Shimenawa (rope decoration) connects the two, and is a symbol of harmonious man and wife and forming nuptial ties.==Date:unknown, Place:Mie, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐138‐0]

Expensive melons

Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies (Kyodo)

Miss Nippon beauty pageant

Miss Nippon beauty pageant

University of Tokyo student Aiko Watarai (L), the winner of the 2019 Miss Nippon grand prix, and special award winner Marin Minamiya, the youngest-ever person to conquer the "Seven Summits" and two poles, are pictured during a ceremony after the beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Miss Nippon contest winner

Miss Nippon contest winner

University of Tokyo student Aiko Watarai is pictured after winning the Miss Nippon contest in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Indonesian police executive visits Tokyo police

Indonesian police executive visits Tokyo police

Hudi Suryanto (C), head of the Indonesian police's forensic identification unit, visits the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo on July 21, 2017, to see how two Indonesian policemen are undergoing training on finding characteristics in fingerprints. On the left is Yukiharu Watarai, chief of the forensic identification unit of the Tokyo police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo