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Traditional outdoor Noh play in Nara

A traditional outdoor Noh play dating back to the ninth century is performed at Kofuku-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara, western Japan, on May 15, 2026.

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Traditional outdoor Noh play in Nara

A traditional outdoor Noh play dating back to the ninth century is performed at Kofuku-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara, western Japan, on May 15, 2026.

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Traditional outdoor Noh play in Nara

A traditional outdoor Noh play dating back to the ninth century is performed at Kofuku-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara, western Japan, on May 15, 2026.

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heicheng ruins in Inner Mongolia

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslim women mourn as they watch a Muharram procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslim watch a muharra procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslim women mourn as they watch a Muharram procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslim man mourns during a Muharram procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslim women mourn as they watch a Muharram procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

A child looks on during a Muharram procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslim women mourn as they watch a Muharram procession in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession - India

Kashmiri Shia Muslims on a boat take part in a religious procession in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 5, 2025, on the ninth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Photo by Basit Zargar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-BAKONG TEMPLE TOWER-RESTORATION

(240604) -- PHNOM PENH, June 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This undated photo shows the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Archaeologists have begun to restore the dilapidated foundation for the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Tuesday. Built in the late ninth century by King Indravarman I, the Bakong temple, made of sandstone and laterite, was the first major mountain temple built in the Angkor Archaeological Park. (ANA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-BAKONG TEMPLE TOWER-RESTORATION

(240604) -- PHNOM PENH, June 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This undated photo shows the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Archaeologists have begun to restore the dilapidated foundation for the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Tuesday. Built in the late ninth century by King Indravarman I, the Bakong temple, made of sandstone and laterite, was the first major mountain temple built in the Angkor Archaeological Park. (ANA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession In Boats - Kashmir

July 28,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : Shiite Muslim mourners walk across on a wooden foot bridge as they participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. On July 28,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession In Boats - Kashmir

July 28,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : Shiite Muslim mourners on boats participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. On July 28,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession In Boats - Kashmir

July 28,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : Shiite Muslim mourners on boats participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. On July 28,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession In Boats - Kashmir

July 28,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : A Shiite Muslim mourner with his child in a kayak participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. On July 28,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India.(Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group

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Muharram Procession In Boats - Kashmir

July 28,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : Shiite Muslim mourners on boats participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. On July 28,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muharram Procession In Boats - Kashmir

July 28,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : Shiite Muslim mourners on boats participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. On July 28,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monk follows Kukai's footsteps for 30 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Jien Shizuka, a monk from Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, speaks about pilgrimages to China he has made for 30 years to follow the footsteps of Japanese monk Kukai, during an interview on Nov. 4, 2013. Mt. Koya is Japan's headquarters of the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism founded by Kukai in the early ninth century.

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(3)Find indicates kana may have originated in Korea

KYOTO, Japan - Yoshinori Kobayashi, professor of Japanese at Tokushima Bunri University, who said on April 2 he has found letters that look like Japanese ''katakana'' in an ancient Korean Buddhist text. Kobayashi said that though katakana script is believed to have been invented in Japan around the ninth century, his findings suggest it may have originated on the Korean Peninsula and have been introduced to Japan through such Buddhist texts.

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9th century signboard unearthed in Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - Minami Hirakawa, a professor at the National Museum of Japanese History, briefs reporters Sept. 7 on a ninth century wooden signboard believed to be the oldest of its kind ever found in Japan. The sign, made from Japanese cypress, contains 344 characters written in India ink. It was unearthed from the Kamo Ruins in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan.

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China key contributor to safeguarding Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park

STORY: China key contributor to safeguarding Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Angkor Wat temple 2. various of the Bayon temple STORYLINE: China has been one of the key contributors to safeguarding, preserving and developing the famed Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, officials said on Wednesday. The Angkor Archaeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in the Southeast Asian nation. Covering an area of 401-square kilometers, the Angkor site contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the ninth to the 15th century, and it consists of scores of key temples such as the Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Bayon, Chau Say Tevoda and Ta Keo, among others. Long Kosal, d

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(3)Find indicates kana may have originated in Korea

KYOTO, Japan - Yoshinori Kobayashi, professor of Japanese at Tokushima Bunri University, who said on April 2 he has found letters that look like Japanese ''katakana'' in an ancient Korean Buddhist text. Kobayashi said that though katakana script is believed to have been invented in Japan around the ninth century, his findings suggest it may have originated on the Korean Peninsula and have been introduced to Japan through such Buddhist texts.

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Japanese apricot blossom festival at Kyoto shrine

Geisha and "maiko" apprentice geisha entertainers welcome visitors to a Japanese apricot blossom festival on Feb. 25, 2016, at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, where some 1,500 red and white apricot trees are in bloom. The annual festival, held on the anniversary of the death of Sugawara no Michizane, a ninth century scholar and poet enshrined there, has a history dating back about 900 years, according to the shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese apricot blossom festival at Kyoto shrine

Geisha and "maiko" apprentice geisha entertainers welcome visitors to a Japanese apricot blossom festival on Feb. 25, 2016, at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, where some 1,500 red and white apricot trees are in bloom. The annual festival, held on the anniversary of the death of Sugawara no Michizane, a ninth century scholar and poet enshrined there, has a history dating back about 900 years, according to the shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remains of 9th-century saltworks shown to press in northern Japan

Remains of a large salt-making facility in the ninth century are shown to the press at the Enohama shell mound in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Earthenware fragments from 9th-century salt-making facility

Photo taken in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Oct. 15, 2015, shows thick, large earthenware fragments found in the remains of a ninth-century salt-making facility in the northeastern Japanese city's Enohama shell mound. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo