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High school students vie in flower arrangement contest

KYOTO, Japan - Students arrange flowers in Japan's national high school competition in the art in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. A team from Yokote Jonan High School (R) in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, won first prize.

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Akita high school wins flower arrangement competition

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Yokote Jonan High School in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, stands behind their work that won first prize in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Kyoto train running through 'fall foliage tunnel'

KYOTO, Japan - A train on Eizan Electric Railway Co.'s Kurama Line in northern Kyoto, western Japan, is running through the lit up fall foliage on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Kyoto train running through 'fall foliage tunnel'

KYOTO, Japan - A train on Eizan Electric Railway Co.'s Kurama Line in northern Kyoto, western Japan, is running through the lit up fall foliage on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Japan conductor marks 150th anniv. of ties with Switzerland

GENEVA, Switzerland - Junichi Hirokami, chief conductor of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra in Japan, is shown in this undated file photo. He conducted the Argovia Philharmonic orchestra of Switzerland in the northern Swiss city of Aarau on Sept. 21, 2014, as part of a commemorative event for the 150th anniversary this year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland.

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Buddhist stole of 14th century at Toji

KYOTO, Japan - A Buddhist monk's stole, donated to Toji, a world heritage temple in Kyoto, during the Nanboku-cho (the Period of Northern and Southern Courts) in the 14th century in Japan is disclosed to the press on March 19, 2014, ahead of the opening of the temple's esoteric Buddhism art crafts exhibition the following day.

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N. Korea researcher aims to unfold Japanese remains issue

BEIJING, China - Naoki Mizuno, a Kyoto University professor, visits Pupyong in South Hamgyeong Province in eastern North Korea on Sept. 1, 2013 as part of a 10-day survey in the country to study burial sites believed to contain Japanese remains. Mizuno hopes to shed light on the issue of Japanese people who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II and remain buried there.

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Kyoto University professor Nakabo

KYOTO, Japan - Tetsuji Nakabo, professor of Kyoto University and an ichthyologist, holds a Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species. His research team identified nine fish caught in March and April of 2010 at Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as Kunimasu descended from eggs transported many decades ago from Lake Tazawa in northern Japan, where the species is now extinct. The photo was taken on Dec. 15, 2010.

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Golden Pavilion dressed in white

KYOTO, Japan - Visitors marvel at the snow-blanked Kinkakuji, or the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, on Dec. 29, as Kyoto was hit by a snowstorm that covered extensive areas in northern and western Japan.

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Snowstorm hits northern, western Japan on Japan Sea coast

OSAKA, Japan - Kinkakuji Temple (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto is covered by snow on Dec. 20 brought by a storm that pummeled northern and western Japan, due to an advancing low-pressure zone.

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Bear electrocuted in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A dead bear is taken to a Kyoto police station Sept. 6 after it was likely electrocuted on a mountain road in northern Kyoto. Police said the bear might have bit a high-voltage cable as its mouth was charred and a poll near where it was found dead had scratches on it.

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Kinkakuji Temple covered with snow

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto's Kinkakuji Temple, or the Golden Pavilion, is covered with snow Jan. 3 as snow continued to blanket western to northern areas of Japan. The mercury plummeted to the season's lowest temperature so far of minus 2.8 C in the ancient Japanese capital on the day.

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Kyoto prefectural gov't launches major wind power plant

KYOTO, Japan - A wind power station in the northern Kyoto town of Ine on the Sea of Japan coast, which the Kyoto prefectural government started operating on Nov. 15. The six wind turbines, which produce a combined estimate of 4,500 kilowatts of electricity, were built on Mt. Taikoyama, some 680 meters high. They are an estimated 75 meters tall and 50 meters wide.

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1.2 meter salamander found in Kyoto

This 1.2-meter-long salamander is found on the bank of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto on May 16. A walker found the amphibious animal and informed the police. In Japan, the salamander is registered as a protected species. It was released later in the day upstream near Ohara in the northern part of Kyoto City.

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Kyoto's autumn fire festival excites revelers

The annual autumn fire festival in Kurama in the mountains of northern Kyoto excites festivalgoers. In the festival, known as ''Kurama-no-Himatsuri,'' thousands of torches are carried or placed at the side of the road leading up to the Yuki Shrine. Revelers shout in unison, ''Come take part in this Shinto ritual.'' The festival, sponsored by the shrine, dates back to the 10th century.

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Kyoto prefectural gov't launches major wind power plant

KYOTO, Japan - A wind power station in the northern Kyoto town of Ine on the Sea of Japan coast, which the Kyoto prefectural government started operating on Nov. 15. The six wind turbines, which produce a combined estimate of 4,500 kilowatts of electricity, were built on Mt. Taikoyama, some 680 meters high. They are an estimated 75 meters tall and 50 meters wide.

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Kyoto Tango Railway debuts with 1st train run

Kyoto Tango Railway debuts on April 1, 2015, as its sightseeing train Aomatsu departs from a station in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. It was the railway's first train run after the renaming of the railway service from Kitakinki Tango Railway (KTR). Willer Trains of Osaka is the new operator of the railway line serving mainly the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year after release, Pokemon Go is fitness tool for older people

Photo taken in July 2017 shows a smartphone displaying Pokemon Go and a map of Amanohashidate area of Miyazu, northern Kyoto, aimed at promoting local tourism linked to the smartphone app game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto University professor Nakabo

KYOTO, Japan - Tetsuji Nakabo, professor of Kyoto University and an ichthyologist, holds a Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species. His research team identified nine fish caught in March and April of 2010 at Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as Kunimasu descended from eggs transported many decades ago from Lake Tazawa in northern Japan, where the species is now extinct. The photo was taken on Dec. 15, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Golden Pavilion dressed in white

KYOTO, Japan - Visitors marvel at the snow-blanked Kinkakuji, or the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, on Dec. 29, as Kyoto was hit by a snowstorm that covered extensive areas in northern and western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat descending Hozu River is seen from the northern bank. The Kyoto Railway Company tracks and a tunnel are visible on the right. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established. This photograph was taken sometime after August 1899, when the line between Kyoto and Sonobe opened.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐11‐0]

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Going down the Hozu River

A raft shooting rapids is seen from the northern shore of the Hozu River. Boatmen are sitting on the rocks observing the scene. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established. This may have been taken by the British photographer H. G. Ponting.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐26‐0]

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The city of Kyoto seen from Maruyama

Western view of the northern part of Kyoto from the Yoshimizu Hot Spring building. The road stretching from the centre of the photo to the left corner is the approach to Yasaka Shinto Shrine. Although the site would later become Maruyama Park, no work has been done yet, and a few restaurants stand in the area. A two-story Western-style building of yosemune-zukuri style stands on the northeast side of the street where cherry blossoms would later become a tourist attraction. The Nishiyama Mountain Range is faintly visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐3‐0]

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The city of Kyoto seen from Maruyama

Western view of the northern part of Kyoto from the Yoshimizu Hot Spring building. The road stretching from the centre of the photo to the left corner is the approach to Yasaka Shinto Shrine. Although the site would later become Maruyama Park, no work has been done yet, and a few restaurants stand in the area. A two-story Western-style building of yosemune-zukuri style stands on the northeast side of the street where cherry blossoms would later become a tourist attraction. The Nishiyama Mountain Range is faintly visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐5‐0]

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The city of Kyoto seen from Maruyama

Western view of the northern part of Kyoto from the Yoshimizu Hot Spring building. The road stretching from the centre of the photo to the left corner is the approach to Yasaka Shinto Shrine. Although the site would later become Maruyama Park, no work has been done yet, and a few restaurants stand in the area. A two-story Western-style building of yosemune-zukuri style stands on the northeast side of the street where cherry blossoms would later become a tourist attraction. The Nishiyama Mountain Range is faintly visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐32‐0]

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The city of Kyoto seen from Maruyama

Western view of the northern part of Kyoto from the Yoshimizu Hot Spring building. The road stretching from the centre of the photo to the left corner is the approach to Yasaka Shinto Shrine. Although the site would later become Maruyama Park, no work has been done yet, and a few restaurants stand in the area. A two-story Western-style building of yosemune-zukuri style stands on the northeast side of the street where cherry blossoms would later become a tourist attraction. The Nishiyama Mountain Range is faintly visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐22‐0]

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The city of Kyoto seen from Maruyama

Western view of the northern part of Kyoto from the Yoshimizu Hot Spring building. The road stretching from the centre of the photo to the left corner is the approach to Yasaka Shinto Shrine. Although the site would later become Maruyama Park, no work has been done yet, and a few restaurants stand in the area. A two-story Western-style building of yosemune-zukuri style stands on the northeast side of the street where cherry blossoms would later become a tourist attraction. The Nishiyama Mountain Range is faintly visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐115‐0]

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Rickshaw on the approach

The approach to Chiseki-in Temple from the northern temple grounds of Rengeo-in (Sanjusangendo) Temple, facing east. The front gate of the temple is visible in the centre, with the Amidagamine Mountains in the background. The rickshaw driver going up the slope looks back at the camera. Since the brick walls of Kyoto Imperial Museum (built in 1895) are not visible, the photograph was taken prior to that date.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐91‐0]

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Akita high school wins flower arrangement competition

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Yokote Jonan High School in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, stands behind their work that won first prize in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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High school students vie in flower arrangement contest

KYOTO, Japan - Students arrange flowers in Japan's national high school competition in the art in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. A team from Yokote Jonan High School (R) in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, won first prize. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto train running through 'fall foliage tunnel'

KYOTO, Japan - A train on Eizan Electric Railway Co.'s Kurama Line in northern Kyoto, western Japan, is running through the lit up fall foliage on Nov. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Snowstorm hits northern, western Japan on Japan Sea coast

OSAKA, Japan - Kinkakuji Temple (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto is covered by snow on Dec. 20 brought by a storm that pummeled northern and western Japan, due to an advancing low-pressure zone. (Kyodo)

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Bear electrocuted in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A dead bear is taken to a Kyoto police station Sept. 6 after it was likely electrocuted on a mountain road in northern Kyoto. Police said the bear might have bit a high-voltage cable as its mouth was charred and a poll near where it was found dead had scratches on it. (Kyodo)

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1.2 meter salamander found in Kyoto

This 1.2-meter-long salamander is found on the bank of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto on May 16. A walker found the amphibious animal and informed the police. In Japan, the salamander is registered as a protected species. It was released later in the day upstream near Ohara in the northern part of Kyoto City.

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Kyoto's autumn fire festival excites revelers

The annual autumn fire festival in Kurama in the mountains of northern Kyoto excites festivalgoers. In the festival, known as ''Kurama-no-Himatsuri,'' thousands of torches are carried or placed at the side of the road leading up to the Yuki Shrine. Revelers shout in unison, ''Come take part in this Shinto ritual.'' The festival, sponsored by the shrine, dates back to the 10th century.