Traditional salt making on Tokunoshima Island

Traditional salt making on Tokunoshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - Noriko Yoshihisa, a 70-year-old housewife in Isen, Kagoshima Prefecture, splashes a bucket of seawater into naturally made hollows of coral reefs on a beach near her home on Tokunoshima Island on Sept. 11, 2011, to produce salt in a traditional way. After drying the seawater in the hollows in the sun for several days, she will boil it down in a big pot for five to seven hours to make salt with ''a gentle taste and lots of minerals,'' Yoshihisa said.

6th century imperial mausoleum unearthed in Nara

6th century imperial mausoleum unearthed in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter Aug. 17 shows two stone hollows unearthed in the Ueyama ancient burial mound in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, which researchers believe are part of a joint mausoleum for Empress Suiko (554-628) and her son, Prince Takeda.

BELGIUM-KASTERLEE-PUMPKIN REGATTA

BELGIUM-KASTERLEE-PUMPKIN REGATTA

(221024) -- KASTERLEE, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member hollows out a pumpkin for the pumpkin regatta in the village of Lichtaart of Kasterlee, Belgium, Oct. 23, 2022. The 13th edition of pumpkin regatta is a kayaking competition in Belgium, attracting participants to sit and compete in large hollow-out pumpkins. According to local organizers, the weight of each pumpkin that was made into a boat could reach hundreds of kilograms. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

BELGIUM-KASTERLEE-PUMPKIN REGATTA

BELGIUM-KASTERLEE-PUMPKIN REGATTA

(221024) -- KASTERLEE, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member hollows out a pumpkin for the pumpkin regatta in the village of Lichtaart of Kasterlee, Belgium, Oct. 23, 2022. The 13th edition of pumpkin regatta is a kayaking competition in Belgium, attracting participants to sit and compete in large hollow-out pumpkins. According to local organizers, the weight of each pumpkin that was made into a boat could reach hundreds of kilograms. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Traditional salt making on Tokunoshima Island

Traditional salt making on Tokunoshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - Noriko Yoshihisa, a 70-year-old housewife in Isen, Kagoshima Prefecture, splashes a bucket of seawater into naturally made hollows of coral reefs on a beach near her home on Tokunoshima Island on Sept. 11, 2011, to produce salt in a traditional way. After drying the seawater in the hollows in the sun for several days, she will boil it down in a big pot for five to seven hours to make salt with ''a gentle taste and lots of minerals,'' Yoshihisa said. (Kyodo)

John Hollows

John Hollows

CSOB CEO John Hollows speaks during a press conference of CSOB group on business results in 2019 and plans for 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

John Hollows

John Hollows

CSOB CEO John Hollows speaks during a press conference of CSOB group on business results in 2019 and plans for 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

6th century imperial mausoleum unearthed in Nara

6th century imperial mausoleum unearthed in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter Aug. 17 shows two stone hollows unearthed in the Ueyama ancient burial mound in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, which researchers believe are part of a joint mausoleum for Empress Suiko (554-628) and her son, Prince Takeda.