Awara Onsen Geisha center destroyed by fire.

A man walks scene of burn Geisha center. Japan,One of most famous Geisha performance centers and training places - about 200 square meters of wooden building, was totally destroyed by firein the early morning on Wednesday, 26th May at Awara Onsen Fukui prefecture, about 350 kilometers west of Tokyo in Japan. 

Baka Bayashi, Traditional Japanese drums performance festival.

Japanese man beats Taiko drums and performance during the Baka Bayashi festival in Fukui city, Japan, May 24,2010.

Dolls of historical Japanese float.

Mikuni Matsuri Festival is one of the biggest annual festival in Fukui prefecture. Huge paper dolls of historical Japanese figures carried on the six carts by people around the narrow street of Mikuni city. People wear traditional Japanese costume and towing the carts through the narrow roads that is so hard but every one enjoying with pulling the carts.

Japan reactive controversial nuclear reactor 14 years after.

Japanese peace and human right activists together protest against to Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)decision of controversial "fast-breeder" Monju nuclear reactor14 years after the plant was shut down following a liquid of sodium leaked and fire in 1995.

Eco-friendly paddy cultivates in Japan.

Japanese farmers planting paddy in their paddy-field at Fukui city, about 320 kilometers from Tokyo, Japan. Fukui has cultivates rice and variety of agricultural food.

Children performance traditional dance in Golden Week

Japanese girls wear traditional dress and perform traditional dance festival during the “Golden Week” in Fukui northwestern part of Japan. The end of April through around 5thMay is called Golden Week