Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s.

"Seven Stars" luxury train

"Seven Stars" luxury train

YUFU, Japan - Photo shows the "Seven Stars in Kyushu" train at Yufuin Station in Oita Prefecture on Oct. 15, 2013. Kyushu Railway Co. launched the luxury cruise and sleeper train service the same day.

M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

A window is broken at JR Yufuin Station in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2016, following a magnitude 4.5 earthquake earlier that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

An employee of JR Yufuin Station runs outside of the station building in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 3:11 p.m. on April 29, 2016, shortly after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dazai's house to move in southwestern hot-spring resort

Dazai's house to move in southwestern hot-spring resort

Photo taken in September 2015 shows "Hekiun-Sou," an apartment house in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, where deceased Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai lived. It was reported on Feb. 17, 2016, that the house will be rebuilt in Yufuin, a hot-spring resort in southwestern Japan. A hotel owner will pay the costs for the transfer, which will be completed in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Woman wins annual "Eat Beef, Shout!" event in southwestern Japan

Woman wins annual "Eat Beef, Shout!" event in southwestern Japan

Yuki Tanaka strikes a pose after performing at an annual "Eat Beef, Shout!" event in Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2015. She won the adult section by shouting, "Congratulations on your marriage," before her soon-to-be-wed friend after eating beef. The event started in 1976 to enliven local dairy farming. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s. (Kyodo)

Yufuin sightseeing train

Yufuin sightseeing train

Photo taken Feb. 12, 2019, in Kusu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows the sightseeing train named Yufuin no Mori (Forest of Yufuin) that runs between Beppu in Oita and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo