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News, Society

Tokyo sees an early record start to cherry blossom season

Tokyo sees an early record start to cherry blossom season

March 14, 2023, Tokyo, Japan – People admire cherry blossoms at the Ueno park in Tokyo on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Japan’s Meteorological Agency announced cherry trees came into blooms […]

Society

Japan bids farewell to giant panda Xiang Xiang

Japan bids farewell to giant panda Xiang Xiang

Female giant panda Xiang Xiang is pictured at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, Japan on February 19, 2023, on her last day with the public before her return to […]

Features, Traditional Japan

Year-end shoppers fill the street of Ameyoko district

Year-end shoppers fill the street of Ameyoko district

(All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) People shop along the street of Ameyoko district near Ueno station on December 30, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Ameya Yokocho (Ameyoko) is a narrow shopping […]

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 […]

Modern Japan, News

Panda Fever Returns to TokyoPanda Fever Returns to Tokyoパンダ2頭が来日  3月下旬に一般公開予定

Panda Fever Returns to TokyoPanda Fever Returns to Tokyoパンダ2頭が来日 3月下旬に一般公開予定

People take pictures of two giant pandas with their cameras and mobile phones as the pair makes their debut to the public at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, closed since the March […]