Setsubun festivals held across Japan
(Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) People across Japan celebrated Setsubun or Bean-Throwing festival today. Setsubun is celebrated each year on February 3rd marking the day before the beginning of Spring. (Photo […]
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Tuna fish fetches over $630,000 at first auction of 2017Tuna fish fetches over $630,000 at first auction of 2017Tuna fish fetches over $630,000 at first auction of 2017Tuna fish fetches over $630,000 at first auction of 2017Tuna fish fetches over $630,000 at first auction of 2017
Buyers inspect tuna at Tsukiji wholesale fish market on January 5, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. (All photos by Naoki Nishimura/AFLO) The first auction of the new year was held early […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Year-end shoppers fill the street of Ameyoko district
(All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) People shop along the street of Ameyoko district near Ueno station on December 30, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Ameya Yokocho (Ameyoko) is a narrow shopping […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Hagoita-Ichi fair at Asakusa Sensoji TempleHagoita-Ichi fair at Asakusa Sensoji TempleHagoita-Ichi fair at Asakusa Sensoji TempleHagoita-Ichi fair at Asakusa Sensoji TempleHagoita-Ichi fair at Asakusa Sensoji Temple
Asakusa visitors take pictures of traditional Hagoita (Battledores) on display during the Hagoita-Ichi fair at the Sensoji Temple on December 17, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Originated in the Edo period the […]
Features, Traditional Japan
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A promotional sumo event gets under way at a commercial complex next to Tokyo central station on Sunday, August 28, 2016. (All photos by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) A youngster tackles with […]
