Bìa lịch - Một kiểu hát bội tại vùng Kabuki
Kabuki in the Snow (Yamagata Prefecture) Photo / Yoshiharu Sasaki
This snowy event is the Kuromori (Black Forest) Kabuki performance, which has been held for centuries in Sakata-shi, Yamagata Prefecture. Farmers put it on each February at a local Shinto shrine.
Tháng một - Không ngại trời lạnh , các em tập thể dục cho than thể mạnh khoẻ
Go for It! (Shizuoka Prefecture) Photo / Takeshi Yamauchi
Children raise their voices against the cold during karate practice on the Miho coast in Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture. Mt. Fuji looms in the distance.
Tháng hai - Tuyết giá
White Roofs (Gold Prize) (Hokkaido) Photo / Honami Aso
The roofs of two huts are covered after a snowstorm in Biei-cho, Hokkaido. The sun, breaking softly through the clouds, creates a beautifully subtle gradation of color.
Tháng 3 - Mùa Xuân đang tới
In a Stream in Spring... (Shizuoka Prefecture) Photo / Yoshimitsu Tsuyuki
Winter has ended, and spring has come, to Kannami-cho in Shizuoka Prefecture. Yellow flowers bloom on the banks of a stream being crossed by a group of preschoolers.
Tháng tư - Nông dân chuẩn bị làm ruộng
Terraced Paddy Fields and the Sea (Nagasaki Prefecture) Photo / Hiroshi Matsugu
In Doya-tanada, Matsuura-shi, Nagasaki Prefecture, terraced paddies are carved out of steep slopes facing the Genkai Sea. A farmer is preparing to plant rice on a hill overlooking the blue water.
Tháng năm - Lễ cầu cho mùa màng thuận lợi
A Sunny Spell in May (Saga Prefecture) Photo / Masako Ishihara
An annual tradition in Kawakami-kyo Valley, part of Saga-shi, Saga Prefecture. A roofed cruising boat passes under colorful carp steamers fluttering in the winds of early summer.
Tháng sáu - Ruộng đang xanh màu
Terraced Paddy Fields in the Morning Haze (Niigata Prefecture) Photo / Takafusa Teieki
These are the Hoshitouge no tanada, terraced paddy fields in Tokamachi-shi, Niigata Prefecture. The morning sun pierces through the morning haze, revealing more and more of the lush green paddies each second.
Tháng bảy - Tìm nơi tĩnh lặng cho tinh thần
A Holiday Moment (Hokkaido) Photo / Koichi Murata
A beautiful shot of the reservoir at Nakasatsunai-mura, Hokkaido. The green of the trees is reflected on the surface of the lake, as a red rubber boat floats above it.
Tháng tám - Hè về
Summer Light (Nagano Prefecture) Photo / Yuji Ueno
Girls play in swim rings in the waters of the Atera Valley in Okuwa-mura, Nagano Prefecture. The surface of the clear water is glittering in the summer sunlight.
Tháng chin - Căng buồm ra khơi
Catch the Wind (Ibaraki Prefecture) Photo / Yoichiro Sakai
Under a bright blue sky, the autumn wind has filled out the sail of a hobikisen boat in Lake Kasumigaura, Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Hobikisen are traditional fishing boats that now serve as sightseeing vessels.
Tháng muời - Lễ Tạ Ơn
Here Come the Mikoshi! (Hyogo Prefecture) Photo / Yutaka Usui
The Kenka Matsuri (Fight Festival) of Nada in Himeji-shi, Hyogo Prefecture is one of the most famous festivals in the region. Three mikoshi, or portable shrines, are about to be bumped up against one
Tháng muời một - Mùa đông lại về
The Frosty Marshland (Nagano Prefecture) Photo / Yoshikazu Ariga
High marshlands in Yamanouchi-machi, Nagano Prefecture. Behind a dark blue mountainside, white birches covered with frost sparkle in the morning sun.
Tháng muời hai - Những ánh đèn lung linh trong đêm suởi ấm tinh thần
City of Light, Hakodate (Hokkaido) Photo / Takumi Watanabe
Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido at night, looking straight down the Hachiman-zaka slope to the harbor. A street car zooms by as the ship Mashumaru lights up the background. The streetlamps and tree lights are like stars in the sky.
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