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Yamaha Motor President Gets Knifed, Allegedly By His Daughter

Police in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan are investigating an incident involving the president of Yamaha Motor and his daughter, consider it attempted murder.

RideApart · Sep 23, 2024

Summer chimes, feeling fine

Some 2,000 Edo-style wind chimes dangle along the "wind chime path" at Kasuisai Temple in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, as part of the Enshu Sanzan Furin Matsuri festival. The festival is being held at three temples in the city through the end of August. The chimes originate in futaku bronze bells,…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 28, 2023

Rendezvous in the sea

Aoriika, or bigfin reef squid, are seen spawning in the sea off Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture. In April, a local fisheries cooperative submerged Japanese chinquapin branches for use as spawning beds about 13 meters underwater off Kawana, Ito City. One day in mid-May, about 20 pairs of the squid approached…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 23, 2023

Wasabi farmers in Shizuoka Prefecture still reeling from September typhoon

SHIZUOKA -- Takamasa Yamazaki could only sigh as he looked at the damage to a wall for his terraced wasabi paddies.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 7, 2022

Shizuoka Pref. exhibit showcases works by living national treasures

ATAMI, Shizuoka -- Works by 12 living national treasures are back in Japan from a temporary showing overseas for a special exhibition at the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. The exhibition "Homo Faber, 12 Stone Garden: Fukasawa Naoto and 12 Living National Treasures" opened at the museum…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 29, 2022

Twitter user expresses regret over posts with fake submerged images

A person who tweeted artificial intelligence-generated photos of flooded houses and streets in Shizuoka Prefecture, which the tweet said was the result of Typhoon No. 15, expressed regret in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun about having caused confusion with misinformation.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 5, 2022

Curolling on a roll in Shizuoka Pref.

Curolling, an indoor sport resembling curling but played on ordinary floors instead of ice, is becoming increasingly popular in Shizuoka Prefecture, partly due to the popularity of curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 21, 2022