Eco-Candle festival in Fukui, Japan

People light candle during a Eco- candle festival at Ikeda city in Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo in Japan, September 25,2010. Hundreds of people mark Eco- candle festival and light over 25,000 candles and show eco friendly environment at Ikeda city.  Eco-candle festival started five years ago in 2005,
 a campaign to recycle waste cooking oil as well as to show their environmental friendly lifestyle and take attraction for Ikeda city. An important aspect of the Eco-Candle event is that every age of people takes part in making the candles, so all the candles are made by volunteers. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y1185

A Japanese traditional wedding takes in rice field

Ishikawa, Senmaida rice filed is one of the most beautiful view rice filed in Japan and each year two lucky couples will be drawn from a nation-wide lottery to have their wedding ceremony take a place at Senmaida rice filed in September. This year that fortune gets Japan Defense Force, Mizumoto Keiichi, 24 years old younger at Wajima city. His wife is Mizumoto Mami, 23 years old. 

STOP THE RE-DETAINED say forieners live in Japan

A foreign nationalist hold the placard and walks during a protest of against to re-detaining Shinagawa city, Tokyo, September 8, 2010. Pic.Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery  44Y9653

Dozens foreign nationals live in Japan who were asylum seekers comes road side under the heavy rain and held protest and demanding to authority of Tokyo Immigration stop the re-detaining the after long detaining and threat all of foreigners human way on today, 8th Wednesday at Shinagawa city Tokyo.

Paddy crop comes to town - Japan

A school student arranges the paddy on the huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9243

Easy pop art show.

A man sits front of the "Easy pop art show" in Echize city, Fukui prefecture Japan August 13, 2010. Outside of room art, country side artists and musicians together held “Easy pop art show” make the attraction for younger to visit paddy field. It started by Kiyonori Kado at in Echizen city, Fukui Prefecture in 1992.  Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y8064

Fireworks of Mikuni Sunset Beach

Fireworks display over the Sunset Beach during a biggest summer fireworks festival in Hokuriku, Mikuni Fireworks Festival is held on August 11th at Mikuni Sunset Beach in Fukui prefecture. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y7856

Rice field in Japan

Rice is beginning to show in a rice field in Fukui city, Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan July 24, 2010. Japan is the ninth largest producer of rice in the world in rice production. Pic- Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo gallery. 44Y6927

Fireworks in Japan

Fireworks display over the Asuwagawa River during the Phoenix Summer Festival in Fukui city, about 320 kilometers west Tokyo,Japan July 30, 2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y6530

Cheering to baseball

A baseball fan use Japanese Megaphone and shouts during a high school baseball tournament in Fukui, July 2010. High school base ball tournaments are most famous sport event in Japan. Pic- Buddhika Weerasinge/Street Photo Gallery 44Y2635

Moon rise over the Japan Sea

Moon rise over the Japan Sea July 17,2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y7958

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Goodbye to baseball

A base ball player weeps after their team didn’t qualify next game in Fukui city, Japan July 19,2010. High school base ball tournaments are most famous sport event in Japan among the school sport as well as which is one of the boundary to high school students carry on their base ball talent. Large of amounts high school student said to goodbye their base ball skill losing a game or tournament around the Japan that amount over thousand. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y0160

Fireworks explode over the Japan Sea.

Fireworks explode over the Japan Sea during an annual summer fireworks festival in Fukui, west Japan July 17, 2010.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo gallery.44Y8107

Ono Morning Market

A woman clean the potatoes in road side vegetable stall in Ono city, Fukui, west of Tkyo, Japan July 8,2010. The Ono Morning Market is historical open-air market and it was set up 300 years ago Shichiken Dori street in Ono city. The fresh vegetables, flowers and other village harvest bring by female farmers and selling. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo gallery. 44Y6534

A woman rides a bicycle through the during a morning market business  hours in Ono city, Fukui, west of Tkyo, Japan July 8,2010. The Ono Morning Market is historical open-air market and it was set up 300 years ago Shichiken Dori street in Ono city. The fresh vegetables, flowers and other village harvest bring by female farmers and selling. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo gallery. 44Y6674

Ono Castle

Ono castle is historical and an important cultural artifact in Ono city which was builds 1580 during an Edo period. It was completely destroyed by fire accident in year 1775 and long year later it rebuilt in 1968.
Ono people’s once a year held castle festival during a mid on August and this year festival will held August 13 to 16, 2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.

Ono castle is historical and an important cultural artifact in Ono city which was builds 1580 during an Edo period. It was completely destroyed by fire accident in year 1775 and long year later it rebuilt in 1968.
Ono people’s once a year held castle festival during a mid on August and this year festival will held August 13 to 16, 2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.

A man walks through the paddy field

A man walks through the paddy field at Ono city, Fukui prefecture, about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y6749