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Marine adventurer Yahata gets Faust AG award

TOKYO, Japan - Marine adventurer Satoru Yahata speaks in an interview in December 2014. Yahata, who has journeyed by kayak to the Pacific islands and Japanese fishing villages, received the 2014 Adventurer of the Year award from Faust Adventurers' Guild the same month.

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Huge iron pan made for national dumpling festival

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Members of an organizing committee for the fifth national "gyoza" dumpling festival pose before a huge iron pan in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2014. Capable of making 1,000 dumplings at a time and manufactured in cooperation with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s local Yahata mill, the pan will be an eye-catcher in the festival to be held in the southwestern Japan city on Oct. 4 and 5.

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Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

HUALIAN, Taiwan - Toru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrives in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines. Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Yahata also made a solo kayak trip from Hualian to Yonakuni in southern Okinawa, a distance of 140 km, in June last year.

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Man sets off to paddle kayak from the Philippines to Taiwan

PAGUDPUD, Philippines - Satoru Yahata of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, waves as he leaves Pagudpud on the northern tip of the main Philippine island Luzon for Hualien in eastern Taiwan June 3, hoping to be the first man to paddle across the 700 kilometers of sea within a month.

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Forging factory of Yawata Steel Works displayed to press

An old forging factory of the former state-run Yawata Steel Works in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is displayed to the press on June 15, 2015. The factory is now used as a reference room for the Yahata Iron Mill, one of Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s steel plants. The facility constitutes one of the sites of Japan's industrial revolution in the Meiji era (1868-1911) recommended for registration on the UNESCO World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man sets off to paddle kayak from the Philippines to Taiwan

PAGUDPUD, Philippines - Satoru Yahata of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, waves as he leaves Pagudpud on the northern tip of the main Philippine island Luzon for Hualien in eastern Taiwan June 3, hoping to be the first man to paddle across the 700 kilometers of sea within a month. (Kyodo)

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Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

HUALIAN, Taiwan - Toru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrives in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines. Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Yahata also made a solo kayak trip from Hualian to Yonakuni in southern Okinawa, a distance of 140 km, in June last year. (Kyodo)

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View near yahatamachi koraibashi bridge of nakashimagawa river

The Korai Bridge and Yahata Bridge photographed by Beato around 1864. To the left upstream is the residence of Ueno Hikoma. The white warehouse is the residence of the painter Kinoshita Itsuun. Itsuun was the guarantor of Hikoma when he became a student of Hirose Tanso in Hita.==Date:1864, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐29‐0]

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View near yahatamachi koraibashi bridge of nakashimagawa river

The Korai Bridge and Yahata Bridge photographed by Beato around 1864. To the left upstream is the residence of Ueno Hikoma. The white warehouse is the residence of the painter Kinoshita Itsuun. Itsuun was the guarantor of Hikoma when he became a student of Hirose Tanso in Hita. The same photograph as number 28-29.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐30‐0]

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Nakashima River and Amigasa-bashi Bridge

A bridge in front of Isenomiya Shrine. At present, it is hidden under concrete reinforcements. To the left of the bridge is Isenomiya Shrine and to the right is Yahata-machi. The background is Tateyama.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number21‐7‐0]

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Nakashima River and Amida-bashi Bridge

A stone bridge over Nakashima River. At present it has a different shape. It is called Amidabashi because an Amidado stands at the foot of the bridge. It links the Yahata and Ise neighborhoods. This photo is believed to have been taken from the angle of the Korai bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐15‐0]

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Marine adventurer Yahata gets Faust AG award

TOKYO, Japan - Marine adventurer Satoru Yahata speaks in an interview in December 2014. Yahata, who has journeyed by kayak to the Pacific islands and Japanese fishing villages, received the 2014 Adventurer of the Year award from Faust Adventurers' Guild the same month. (Kyodo)

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Huge iron pan made for national dumpling festival

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Members of an organizing committee for the fifth national "gyoza" dumpling festival pose before a huge iron pan in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2014. Capable of making 1,000 dumplings at a time and manufactured in cooperation with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s local Yahata mill, the pan will be an eye-catcher in the festival to be held in the southwestern Japan city on Oct. 4 and 5. (Kyodo)

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View near yahatamachi koraibashi bridge of nakashimagawa river

This is a view of the downstream area of Zeniya River and Korai Bridge. The riverside of Yahata-machi is on the right, and a watermill is visible on the bottom right. This is the time when roof-less mills were still in existence in the early Meiji Period. The trees belong to the Isenomiya Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number110‐40‐0]

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Cherry blossom festival in Washington

Students of Yahata Chuo High School in Fukuoka Prefecture take part in the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington on March 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo