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Saturday, March 12, 2016

Young Eels Night Fishing

Fishermen use lamps to search for young eels in the Yoshino River in Tokushima, Japan, on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Young eels are approximately 2 inches (5 centimeters) in length. Those caught during fishing season are sold at a price of between 100 yen and 300 yen to farming facilitie

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A Taste of Japan's Springtime Catch, Sand lance

Trays of sand lances move along the production line. At the Appare Suisan facility alone some 70 tons of the fish will be processed during the season, according to the company. Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture on Monday, March 7, 2016. Sand lances are popular local cultural and spring cuisine in Osaka and Hyogo Prefecture. Many local residences sand lance containers send as gift for friends and relatives across the country during the harvest season. The sand lance harvest period will continue about one month period at the beginning of spring.

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Geisha culture

Japanese traditional female dancers, maikos, and performers, geikos attend the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.

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Japanese traditional female dancers, maikos, and performers, geikos leave after attending the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan

A Japanese traditional female dancer, maiko, walks in the street during the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.

A Japanese traditional female dancer, maiko poses for pictures during the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.

Japanese traditional female dancers, maikos, and performers, geikos leave after attending the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.

Japanese traditional female dancers, maikos, and performers, geikos walk in the street during the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.

Japanese traditional female dancer, geiko leaves the tea restaurant after a New Year greeting for her master on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan

A Japanese traditional female dancer, maiko, walks in the street during the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.

A Japanese traditional female dancer, maiko holds paper fan during the new year's ceremony at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater on January 7, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Dinosaurs Kingdom in Fukui

A Japanese business man walks pass the giant dinosaur wall paint exhibit in station wall on November 7, 2015 in Fukui city, Japan. Largest number of dinosaur fossils discovered in Fukui Prefecture as there are large scale of dinosaur museum in Katsuyama city. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Thai Airways-Business

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, aircraft sits parked at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport on October 30, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Farmers Harvest Rice Ahead Another Round Of TPP Talks

Japanese rice farmer Kenichi Okamoto uses sickles as he harvests rice in a paddy field at Tanada rice terrace on September 20, 2015 in Sayo, Japan. Ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries will meet in late September in Atlanta as they look to conclude years of negotiations on creating one of the world's biggest free-trade zones. Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe.

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Himeji Castel- Japan travel

The main tower of Himeji Castle seen during the sunrise on September 29, 2015 in Himeji, Japan. The Himeji Castle is UNESCO World Heritage sites, initially built in 14th century. Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe

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Rice Field in Terrace

Rice grows in a paddy field ahead of start to harvest in Sayo city, Hyogo prefecture on September 8, 2015. Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe

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Ice Block Manufacturing Factory

A worker moves an ice block bound for shipment at the Honda Reizo Co. factory in Taishi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan on Monday, July 6, 2015. The factory produces 113 tons of ice pillars per day. Photo by: Buddhika Weerasinghe

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Farmers Use Ducklings As Aigamo Organic Rice Farming

TATSUNO, JAPAN - JUNE 17, 2015: One week old duckling paddles as look food in Ichihara’s Organic Rice filed on June 17, 2015 in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Japanese rice farmer Tadashi Ichihara works with nearly 300 ducklings to eliminate weeds and insects in the rice fields. Ichihara who is one of leading farmer use "Aigamo Method," a method of using ducklings as the alternative to chemicals in the rice farming since 1999. That Aigamo Method developed by Japanese farmer Takao Furuno in 1989, since then his methods have applied more than 75,000 farmers in Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, The Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Iran, France and Cuba.

About one or two weeks after seeding have been planted the ducklings releasing into a 1,000 square meters rice field, which farmland surrounded by an electric fence for ducklings protect by dogs, cats, crows and other wild animals. Also ducklings need necessary shelter edge of farmland that they can rest and take refuge from rain.

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Zoo Keepers Clean Hippo's Teeth

Kiboko, a 31 year old Hippopotamus, opens her mouth for tooth cleaning with a new 5-foot (1.5 meter) toothbrush at the Himeji Zoo on June 4, 2015 in Himeji, Japan. Kiboko's teeth are annually cleaned by zoo keepers and elementary school children as part of tooth cleaning education for children. June 4th is the national cavity prevention awareness day in Japan.(Photo Buddhika weerasinghe)

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Beauty of Red Wildflowers Algae

Thousands of red algae wildflowers spread on top of the lake on March 10,2015 in Fukuisaki, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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The World's Oldest Person Turns 117

Misao Okawa, the world's oldest Japanese woman, eats her birthday cake on her 117th birthday celebration at Kurenai Nursing Home on March 5, 2015 in Osaka, Japan. Japanese woman Misao Okawa is the oldest living person in the world as certified by the Guinness World Records and celebrated her 117th birthday today. Okawa has held the title as the world's oldest living person since the June 12, 2013 and the death of Jiroemon Kimura who lived to 116 years and 54 days old. She is ranked as the Oldest Japanese person ever and only the third person to have ever reached the age of 117 in the world. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Pedestrian walks past a second-hand book shelves on March 2, 2015 Tokyo, Japan. Many people and tourist come to buy and selling second hand book every day from all over the Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Field Burning Marking Arrival Of Spring

A man burns Susuki or Chinese sliver grass at Tonomine Highland on April 12, 2014 in Kamikawa, Hyogo, Japan. Tonomine Highland, known for its susuki grass field of about 90 hectares, is burnt every year to get rid of dead grass for better growth of new buds, marking the arrival of spring. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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