Archive for February, 2016

Entertainment, Music

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys arrives in Japan

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys arrives in Japan

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys poses for a selfie with a Japanese fan at Narita Airport on February 10th, 2016. (All photos by Yohei Osada/AFLO) Nick Carter is visiting […]

Features

67th Sapporo Snow Festival

67th Sapporo Snow Festival

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Hokkaido, Japan – A snow sculpture of ‘The Ruins of St. Paul’s, Macau’ is seen at Odori Park, February 5, […]

Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week (Jan. 30 – Feb. 5)

Pictures of the Week (Jan. 30 – Feb. 5)

Tokyo, Japan – Kosuke Hagino in action during the Kosuke Kitajima Cup 2016 Men’s 400m individual medley Final at tatsumi International Swimming Center, January 30, 2016. (Photo by AFLO SPORT) […]

Features, Traditional Japan

Setsubun at Narita Shinshoji Temple

Setsubun at Narita Shinshoji Temple

(L to R) Sumo wrestlers Okinoumi Ayumi and Yokozuna Hakuho Sho throw beans during a Setsubun festival at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple on February 3, 2016, in Chiba, Japan. Setsubun is […]

Bizarre, Fushigi

Zebra Zoo escape drill

Zebra Zoo escape drill

An escaped zebra at Ueno Zoo during an annual Escaped Animal Drill on February 2, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Every year zookeepers at one of Tokyo’s zoos organise an escape drill […]