(Mainichi/Yuki Motohashi) HAKONE, Kanagawa -- A bar where local geisha entertain customers opened in this hot spring resort town Jan. 23, offering a chance for international and Japanese tourists ...

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The event also featured 10 poems by members of the public selected from 16,250 poems submitted from around Japan and overseas, as well as poems by the jury and by Japanese literature specialist Masako ...

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Princess Aiko on Wednesday attended the "utakai hajime" New Year's poetry reading ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the first time. Poems created ...

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Princess Aiko on Wednesday attended the utakai hajime New Year's poetry reading ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the first time. Poems written by imperial family members and guests ...

The event also featured 10 poems by members of the public selected from 16,250 poems submitted from around Japan and overseas, as well as poems by the jury and by Japanese literature specialist Masako ...

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