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Children at Yasugi loach festival

MATSUE, Japan - Children scoop loaches during a loach festival in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2011. The city known for ''Yasugibushi,'' a folk song and loach-scooping dance, is promoting itself since Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda took office after comparing himself to the fish.

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Yokoyama's masterwork in exhibition

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors view a masterpiece by renowned artist Yokoyama Taikan titled ''Koyo (autumn leaves)'' painted on a folding screen at Adachi Museum in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Sep. 1, 2010. The special exhibition of Yokoyama's works continues at the museum through Nov. 30, 2010.

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Garden of Adachi Museum of Art chosen as best garden in Japan

YASUGI, Japan - The garden of the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, (picture taken on June 6) has been chosen as Japan's best garden by the U.S magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening for the fourth consecutive year.