Archive for February, 2018

Traditional Japan

Big Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in Katsuura

Big Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in KatsuuraBig Doll Festival at Tomisaki Shrine in Katsuura

(All photos by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) Approximately 1800 dolls decorate the 60 steps of Tomisaki Shrine in Katsuura, 50 miles southeast of Tokyo. The Pacific coastal fishing town in Chiba prefecture […]

Olympic Games, Sports, Uncategorized

Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record

Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record Japan wins gold in Ladies’ Team Pursuit, sets Olympic record

(Photo by MATSUO.K/AFLO) Japan won gold medal in speed skating team pursuit, beating the strong Netherlands team with an Olympic record of 2 minutes 53.89 seconds. (Photo by Yohei Osada/AFLO) […]

Olympic Games, Sports

Japan's Kodaira wins gold in Speed Skating 500m

Japan’s Kodaira wins gold in Speed Skating 500m

(Photo by YUTAKA/AFLO) Japan’s Nao Kodaira won a gold medal in Speed Skating Ladies’ 500m at PyeongChang Olympics on February 18. (Photo by YUTAKA/AFLO) Korea’s Lee Seung-Hwa won a silver […]

Olympic Games, Sports

Japan celebrates Hanyu's gold medal

Japan celebrates Hanyu’s gold medal

(All images by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won a gold medal at the 2018 Olympic Men’s Figure Skating competition with a total score 317.85 followed by […]

Olympic Games, Sports

Kodaira wins silver, Takagi bronze at Speed Skating 1000m

Kodaira wins silver, Takagi bronze at Speed Skating 1000m

(All photos by MATSUO.K/AFLO) Japan’s Nao Kodaira (R) won silver medal and Miho Takagi (L) bronze at Speed Skating 1,000m final at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February […]