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Taiwan travelers swarm central Japan tourist spots

TOYAMA, Japan - Travelers from Taiwan tour the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, including the Yuki-no-Otani Snow Canyon, in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014. Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast hopes to attract more Taiwanese tourists taking advantage of increased flights by Taiwan's China Airlines.

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"Wolf Children" model home

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 4, 2012, shows Masami Yamazaki and his wife Yoriko Yamazaki, who own an old house in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture, which is the model for the home of the heroine and her children in the hit animation film "Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki).

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"Wolf Children" model home

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 4, 2012, shows an approximately 120-year-old house in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture. The old folk dwelling has attracted fans as it is the inspiration for the home of the heroine and her children in the hit animation film "Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki).

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Alpine route opens for new season

TOYAMA, Japan - Visitors walk through ''Yuki no Kairo (snow corridor)'' near Tateyama Murodo plateau in Tateyama City, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, the opening day of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

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Alpine route opens for new season

TOYAMA, Japan - Visitors stand in the snow near ''Yuki no Otani (Huge valley of snow),'' a popular pedestrian walkway on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, the opening day of the route. The popular walkway, lined with 17-meter snow walls, was closed that day due to the snowstorm.

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Paper cranes for missing coach

TOYAMA, Japan - Yuki Hattori, 11, looks at paper cranes, a symbol of hope and peace in Japan, created by him and other elementary and middle school children whose fencing coach Yurika Uchihira, 19, is one of the students missing in the aftermath of the Feb. 22 earthquake in New Zealand, at a gymnasium in Toyama on March 8, 2011. The students wrote letters to Uchihira and folded them into cranes, in a gesture of hope for her return.

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Hiroshima marks 64th anniversary of 1945 U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Primary school students, Yuki Toyama (L) and Tetsuya Yano (R), make pledges for peace at a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6.

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Paper cranes for missing coach

TOYAMA, Japan - Yuki Hattori, 11, looks at paper cranes, a symbol of hope and peace in Japan, created by him and other elementary and middle school children whose fencing coach Yurika Uchihira, 19, is one of the students missing in the aftermath of the Feb. 22 earthquake in New Zealand, at a gymnasium in Toyama on March 8, 2011. The students wrote letters to Uchihira and folded them into cranes, in a gesture of hope for her return. (Kyodo)

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Alpine route opens for new season

TOYAMA, Japan - Visitors stand in the snow near ''Yuki no Otani (Huge valley of snow),'' a popular pedestrian walkway on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, the opening day of the route. The popular walkway, lined with 17-meter snow walls, was closed that day due to the snowstorm. (Kyodo)

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Alpine route opens for new season

TOYAMA, Japan - Visitors walk through ''Yuki no Kairo (snow corridor)'' near Tateyama Murodo plateau in Tateyama City, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, the opening day of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan travelers swarm central Japan tourist spots

TOYAMA, Japan - Travelers from Taiwan tour the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, including the Yuki-no-Otani Snow Canyon, in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014. Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast hopes to attract more Taiwanese tourists taking advantage of increased flights by Taiwan's China Airlines. (Kyodo)