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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow dome in northeastern Japan

A snow dome is pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japan: Severe Flooding Hits Akita Following Record Heavy Rains

Severe flooding hit Akita on Wednesday, July 24, following heavy rains in the region. Damage to homes due to the flooding were reported in Nikaho, Yurihonjo, Yokote, Yuzawa, and Ugo town. Landslide damage has also been reported in Nikaho, Yurihonjo, and Yokote cities. In Higashiyuri, Yurihonjo City, the 24-hour rainfall up to 6 a.m. on the 25th reached 196.5 mm, equivalent to the average for one month in July, making it the heaviest rainfall on record since statistics began to be collected.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Illuminated snow domes in northeastern Japan

Candles illuminate snow domes during a photo session on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Yokote Kamakura Festival, named after the snow domes called "kamakura," will be held with tourists for the first time in three years after the recent lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.

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Illuminated snow domes in northeastern Japan

Candles illuminate snow domes during a photo session on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Yokote Kamakura Festival, named after the snow domes called "kamakura," will be held with tourists for the first time in three years after the recent lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.

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Illuminated snow domes in northeastern Japan

Candles illuminate a snow dome during a photo session on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Yokote Kamakura Festival, named after the snow domes called "kamakura," will be held with tourists for the first time in three years after the recent lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.

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High school students vie in flower arrangement contest

KYOTO, Japan - Students arrange flowers in Japan's national high school competition in the art in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. A team from Yokote Jonan High School (R) in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, won first prize.

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Akita high school wins flower arrangement competition

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Yokote Jonan High School in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, stands behind their work that won first prize in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Entertainment content producer to get extra investment

TOKYO, Japan - President Shizuko Yokote of MCIP Holdings Co. announces in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014, additional investment will be made in the Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. subsidiary producing entertainment content by six entities, including the government-financed Cool Japan Fund and advertising agency Dentsu Inc., to fuel its entertainment content business in Asia.

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Kamakura festival

YOKOTE, Japan - Children bake rice cakes inside an igloo-like snow hut during the Kamakura festival in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Kamakura festival

YOKOTE, Japan - Children bake rice cakes and enjoy "amazake" drinks inside igloo-like snow huts during the Kamakura festival in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Kamakura festival

YOKOTE, Japan - Photo shows igloo-like snow huts during the Kamakura festival in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Kamakura festival

YOKOTE, Japan - A couple pose for a photo inside an igloo-like snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance during the Kamakura festival in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, or Valentine's Day.

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Woman serving as bridge between farmers, consumers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman tries snowshoes with the help of a local man in Yokote, Akita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. She was among the 11 women from the Tokyo metropolitan area who participated in the tour "Let's shovel snow and become an Akita beauty" organized by Kometabi Co. with the hope of helping consumers directly interact with farmers and learn about the secrets behind high-quality rice. (Photo by Shuzo Shikano)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children are pictured in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The local children served tourists roasted rice cakes and ''amazake,'' a sweet drink made from rice.

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - A man removes snow on a rooftop of a garage in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 20, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above.

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person walks into her snow-covered home in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 21, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above.

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TV hit spurs S. Korean tourists to visit Akita Prefecture

AKITA, Japan - South Korean tourists take pictures in front of a dome-shaped ''kamakura'' hut made of hardened snow in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2010.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes inside igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. Children will chat and play around braziers inside the more than 100 huts during the festival which is expected to draw over 300,000 visitors.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The huts were made bigger than usual out of anxiety over the unusually warm winter this year.

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Father and daughter keeping pure-rice sake tradition alive

YOKOTE, Japan - Hanako Kudo (R), 42, and her father, Mikio, 71, work at a big storehouse of Maizuru Shuzo Co. in Yokote city, Akita Prefecture.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of the over 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - More than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' are built in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, with candles shining inside on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. Children will chat and play around braziers in the huts during the festival which is expected to draw more than 300,000 visitors.

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Police arrest ex-Mitsui officials over gas data fabrication

TOKYO, Japan - Yasunori Yokote (R), senior executive managing officer at Mitsui & Co., apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on June 14 after police arrested two former Mitsui employees and a former official of a Mitsui subsidiary on suspicion of fabricating test data to obtain official approval for a diesel particulate filter.

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Kamakura festival to open in Akita Pref.

YOKOTE, Japan - A family admires small kamakuras, an igloo-like snow hut, lit by candles, in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the opening of a two-day annual Kamakura festival. About 100 3-meter-high snow huts and around 10,000 smaller ones were made for the event. Visitors can chat and play in the snow structures.

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Kamakura festival to open in Yokote Feb. 15

YOKOTE, Japan - Children sit in snow huts called kamakura in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, the eve of the two-day annual kamakura festival in the northern Japanese city. During the festival, tourists will be invited into snow huts and served sake and rice cakes. About 100 kamakura have been built in the city for the event.

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England's pair wins mixed doubles bowling

AKITA, Japan - Kirsten Penny of England throws a ball during the mixed doubles bowling at the sixth World Games at Utenayu Bowl in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 22. Penny and compatriot Steven Thornton won the mixed doubles gold.

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Lunar occultation of Venus

Photo taken in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, at 1:43 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2021, shows the start of a lunar occultation of Venus, when the planet is hidden by the Moon.

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Police arrest ex-Mitsui officials over gas data fabrication

TOKYO, Japan - Yasunori Yokote (R), senior executive managing officer at Mitsui & Co., apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on June 14 after police arrested two former Mitsui employees and a former official of a Mitsui subsidiary on suspicion of fabricating test data to obtain official approval for a diesel particulate filter. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

YOKOTE, Japan Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Jan. 6, 2021, shows Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel engaging in snow-clearing work at an elementary school in Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. About 100 GSDF personnel have been mobilized after heavy snow hit the region.

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Snow hut for Valentine's Day

A couple look at each other inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance, made especially for Valentine's Day, on Feb. 13, 2016, in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow hut for Valentine's Day

A couple look at each other inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance, made especially for Valentine's Day, on Feb. 13, 2016, in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow huts in Akita

Children enjoy spending time inside snow huts in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow hut in Akita

Children enjoy spending time inside a snow hut in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow hut for Valentine's Day

A couple poses for photos inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance, made especially for Valentine's Day, on Feb. 14, 2015, in Yokote, Akita Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow hut in Akita

Children enjoy spending time inside a snow hut in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV hit spurs S. Korean tourists to visit Akita Prefecture

AKITA, Japan - South Korean tourists take pictures in front of a dome-shaped ''kamakura'' hut made of hardened snow in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes inside igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. Children will chat and play around braziers inside the more than 100 huts during the festival which is expected to draw over 300,000 visitors. (Kyodo)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The huts were made bigger than usual out of anxiety over the unusually warm winter this year. (Kyodo)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of the over 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. (Kyodo)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - More than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' are built in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, with candles shining inside on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. Children will chat and play around braziers in the huts during the festival which is expected to draw more than 300,000 visitors. (Kyodo)

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Kamakura festival to open in Yokote Feb. 15

YOKOTE, Japan - Children sit in snow huts called kamakura in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, the eve of the two-day annual kamakura festival in the northern Japanese city. During the festival, tourists will be invited into snow huts and served sake and rice cakes. About 100 kamakura have been built in the city for the event.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children are pictured in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The local children served tourists roasted rice cakes and ''amazake,'' a sweet drink made from rice. (Kyodo)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children are pictured in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The local children served tourists roasted rice cakes and ''amazake,'' a sweet drink made from rice. (Kyodo)

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Akita high school wins flower arrangement competition

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Yokote Jonan High School in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, stands behind their work that won first prize in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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High school students vie in flower arrangement contest

KYOTO, Japan - Students arrange flowers in Japan's national high school competition in the art in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. A team from Yokote Jonan High School (R) in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, won first prize. (Kyodo)