Nachikatsuura, Japan - Photo shows rows of tuna at the Katsuura port in Wakayama Prefecture on March 18, 2011. Many fishing boats have shifted their...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Ogi Festival, better known as the Kumano Nachi Fire...
Parishioners of the long-established Shinto shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha carry 12 large pine torches during the annual Nachi Fire Festival, one of...
Parishioners of the long-established Shinto shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha carry 12 large pine torches during the annual Nachi Fire Festival, one of...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Ogi Festival, better known as the Kumano Nachi Fire...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Ogi Festival, better known as the Kumano Nachi Fire...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Ogi Festival, better known as the Kumano Nachi Fire...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Ogi Festival, better known as the Kumano Nachi Fire...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a celemony to start during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a celemony to closing during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People carry 50kg burning torches during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a celemony to closing during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a celemony to closing during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a closing ceremony during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a closing ceremony during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a closing ceremony during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a closing ceremony during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
People conduct a closing ceremony during Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The festival is one of...
Nachi falls, or Nachi-no-Taki falls and the three-story pagoda of the Hiro Jinja Shrine are illuminated on December 19, 2005 in Nachikatsuura,...
General view of Hiro Jinja Shrine on October 12, 2005 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan. The shrine, the Nachi falls itself is the object of warship...
Shrine parishioners holding memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines walks down the steps during Kumano Nachi Fire Festival at Kumano...
Visitors at Katsuura fishing port check out a 417-kg tuna on January 24, 2016 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan. The enormous tuna broke the previous...
Nachi Falls is frozen on January 25, 2016 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan. Low temperatures also set a record at many observatories around Japan on...
Nachi Falls is frozen on January 25, 2016 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan. Low temperatures also set a record at many observatories around Japan on...
Shrine priests of the Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine change the sacred rope hung over the Nachi Falls on July 9, 2006 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan.
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Nachi-no-Ogi festival, commonly known as the Kumano...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during Kumano Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2009 in...
Shrine maidens look up the fully bloomed cherry blossom 'Hidehira Zakura' at Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine on April 12, 2014 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama,...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during Kumano Nachi Fire Festival on July 14, 2010 in...
Local residents evacuate as the Typhoon Nangka approaches to Japan on July 16, 2015 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan. The typhoon is expected to hit...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Nachi-no-Ogi festival, commonly known as the Kumano...
Shrine priests of Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine in white clothes change the sacred rope hung on the Nachi Falls ahead of the New Year on December 27,...
Shrine parishioners hold big memorial torches to purify the path for portable shrines during the Nachi-no-Ogi festival, commonly known as the Kumano...
Shrine priests of Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine in white clothes change the sacred rope hung on the Nachi Falls on July 9, 2015 in Nachikatsuura,...
People cheer as they watch the FIFA Women's World Cup final on July 6, 2015 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan.
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members clear logs and debris after Typhoon Talas hit Japan on September 9, 2011 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan....
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda inspects the damage of the Typhoon Talas on September 9, 2011 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks to media reporters during his inspection of the damage of the Typhoon Talas on September 9, 2011 in...
In this aerial image, a residential area is inundated due to the heavy rain triggered by Typhoon Talas on September 4, 2011 in Nachikatsuura,...
Kumamo Nachi Taisha Shrine is covered with mud due to the heavy rain triggered by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama,...