Soba noodles fighting

An elementary school student eats soba noodles during a Soba Fighting annual festival at Miyama city, Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo, Japan October 31,2010. Soba are one of the most popular Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour. The noodles are usually cooked and served with various toppings and shoyu (Japanese soy sauce). Soba dishes are often served chilled in the summer and hot in the winter, although different varieties of soba noodles are available all over the country.                                                    

In Fukui prefecture, Oroshi Soba is the most famous soba, topped with daikon (radish) and invented in 1601. That Oroshi soba are a popular inexpensive fast food at JR train stations throughout Fukui prefecture. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.844Y4207

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Traditional method of river fishing-Japan

A man throws the fishing net at Asuwa river in Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan October 19,2010. Net fishing is traditional method of river fishing and catching the Ayu fish that has been practiced in Japan for some hundreds years. Ayu fish are amongst the Japanese people's favorite fish that fish catching between summer and winter season. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street photo gallery.844Y3154
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Japan concerns floating of yen

A bank teller counts yen bank notes in Fukui city about 320 kilometer north Tokyo, Japan. Japan concern over the rise of the yen against the dollar after 15-years and government officially announce will take necessary step against extremely currency move. Yen's rise in recent months and U.S. dollar is being traded at 81.33 on Today  Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe. 844Y2644

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River side café of Kakusen-kei Kawadoko at Yamanaka.

People take relax and enjoyed special sweets recipes introduced by Rokusaburo Michiba at river side popular cafe at Kakusen-kei Kawadoko in Yamanaka, Ishikawa prefecture about 295 kilometers from Tokyo, Japan. Most of visitors are enjoy a relaxing time in this beautiful area surrounded by rich greenery and clean water from the stream. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Galeery. 844Y2331

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Man rides the bicycle

A man rides the bicycle over the Asuwa river  against backdrop of sunset in Fukui city about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan October 6, 2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Picture Gallery. 844Y1741

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Dreams of a human chain - Fukui,Japan

A Woman draws her daughter's body shape on the ground during a painting shape of human chain front of the railway station in Fukui city about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan October 3, 2010. About 60 of people lay down ground and drawing their body shape as a human chain and painting their shape of body two days human chain drawing event that organize by local government office of Fukui. Most of participants paint their own shape of body by their dreams of colors and right the messages “PEACE, FREEDOM, SMILE, LOVE” over the body shape. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 844Y1596

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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