Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

NOTO, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - People carry giant lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto, a town in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 4, 2025, devastated by a powerful quake that hit the region on Jan. 1, 2024. (Kyodo)

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry giant lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto, a town in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 4, 2025, devastated by a powerful quake that hit the region on Jan. 1, 2024.

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry giant lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto, a town in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 4, 2025, devastated by a powerful quake that hit the region on Jan. 1, 2024.

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry a giant lantern float called kiriko during the Abare festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto, a town in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, on July 4, 2025. The area was devastated by a powerful quake that hit the region on Jan. 1, 2024.

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry giant lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto, a town in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 4, 2025, devastated by a powerful quake that hit the region on Jan. 1, 2024.

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

A 9-meter-tall lantern called Kiriko is paraded during a traditional festival on Oct. 13, 2024, in Suzu, a central Japan city in Ishikawa Prefecture that is still reeling after it was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, and heavy rain and subsequent flooding in September.

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

A 9-meter-tall lantern called Kiriko is paraded during a traditional festival on Oct. 13, 2024, in Suzu, a central Japan city in Ishikawa Prefecture that is still reeling after it was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, and heavy rain and subsequent flooding in September.

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

A 9-meter-tall lantern called Kiriko is paraded during a traditional festival on Oct. 13, 2024, in Suzu, a central Japan city in Ishikawa Prefecture that is still reeling after it was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, and heavy rain and subsequent flooding in September.

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

A 9-meter-tall lantern called Kiriko is paraded during a traditional festival on Oct. 13, 2024, in Suzu, a central Japan city in Ishikawa Prefecture that is still reeling after it was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, and heavy rain and subsequent flooding in September.

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

Parade in disaster-hit central Japan city

A 9-meter-tall lantern called Kiriko is paraded during a traditional festival on Oct. 13, 2024, in Suzu, a central Japan city in Ishikawa Prefecture that is still reeling after it was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, and heavy rain and subsequent flooding in September.

[Breaking News]Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

NOTO, Japan, July 5 Kyodo - People carry towering lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 5, 2024, about six months after a powerful quake hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry towering lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 5, 2024, about six months after a powerful quake hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry towering lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 5, 2024, about six months after a powerful quake hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

Fire festival in quake-hit central Japan town

People carry towering lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 5, 2024, about six months after a powerful quake hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima, southern Japan

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima, southern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy holds an item of glassware known as "Satsuma kiriko" cut glass during a visit to the Kagoshima prefectural government office in southwestern Japan on Feb. 26, 2014.

Japan's cut glass master carries on tradition, answering modern needs

Japan's cut glass master carries on tradition, answering modern needs

Ryuichi Kumakura, a 70-year-old artisan of Edo Kiriko traditional Japanese cut glass, engraves his original "Kometsunagi" (chain of rice grains) design on a wine glass at his studio in Tokyo's Kameido on Dec. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nakahara Naosuke, a Samurai from Satsuma

Nakahara Naosuke, a Samurai from Satsuma

This is a samurai from Satsuma, Nakahara Naosuke (1832-68). After assisting in the manufacturing of steam boats and kiriko glassware at Shuseikan in Satsuma Domain, he went to Tokyo and learned the canon gunnery from Egawa Tan'an. He eventually became the head of the Egawa School. After returning to Satsuma, he helped the navy to build canons. Unfortunately, he was killed in Nagaoka during the Boshin War. It is reported that he would have become a man of exceptional talent like Saigo or Okubo if he had lived. At the time this photo was taken, he seemed to have been visiting the Bauduins representing Satsuma.==Date:1866, Place:nagasaki, Photo:A.F. Bauduin, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number123‐46‐0]

"Edo Kiriko" glassware

"Edo Kiriko" glassware

Undated photo shows wine glasses manufactured by Tokyo-based Muromachi Glass Art using a traditional Japanese glass-cutting method called "Edo Kiriko." Clear colors and delicate patterns are cut into glass under the method, established by a glassware store operator in Edo, the former name of Tokyo, in the 1830s.

"Edo Kiriko" glassware

"Edo Kiriko" glassware

Undated photo shows wine glasses manufactured by Tokyo-based Muromachi Glass Art using a traditional Japanese glass-cutting method called "Edo Kiriko." Clear colors and delicate patterns are cut into glass under the method, established by a glassware store operator in Edo, the former name of Tokyo, in the 1830s.