Robodex 2019
January 16, 2019, Tokyo, Japan – Japanese robot venture Speecys displays a life-sized mannequin robot “Kosoka Cocona” which has 37 actuators and make various posing and dancing at an robot […]
Archive for January, 2019
Other Sports
Kisenosato attends sumo ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine
Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Kisenosato (R) attends the ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on January 8, 2019. (Photo by AFLO) Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Kisenosato […]
Traditional Japan
Coming of Age Day 2019 in Japan
January 14, 2019, Urayasu, Japan – 20-year-old women wearing kimonos take pictures after the ceremony of their “Coming-of-Age Day” celebration at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, suburban Tokyo on Monday, […]
Traditional Japan
Daruma burning ceremony at Dairyuji temple in Gifu
Buddhist monks performed a ritual at the start of a daruma kuyo ceremony at Dairyuji, a Buddhist temple in Gifu, Japan. (JANUARY 13, 2019) (All photos by Ben Weller/AFLO) People […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Tuna fish sold for record 3 million USD at Toyosu fish market
(Photo by Nicolas Datiche/AFLO) President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura displays a 278kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on January 5, 2018. […]
