Landmarks and attractions in Japan. Archways marking places of religious significance, shrines, temple town, purification temple, gateway containing original carving of "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" monkeys. Animal life: "sacred deer" called by priest and fed by visitors, and animals specially bred for beauty and uniqueness such as white peacock, long tailed rooster. Fishes, flowers, trees, Cherry Blossom festival and mountain Fujiyama.
Animated map of Japan explains the geologic formation and the geographic placing of the Japanese islands. Farmers work in fields. Oarsman rows a boat in river. People seated in another boat in the river. View of water fall, hydro-electric plant, sea and harbor, ships at harbor and port of sea. Animated map. Ocean of Yokohama and ships at sea. View of sea and mountains in the background.
Matsushima in Japan. View of islands at Matsushima bay that have been carved away by the ocean. Islands are covered with pine trees. Matsushima Bay's pine clad islets. Oarsman rows boat.
People celebrate the Shichi-Go-San (七五三, lit. "Seven-Five-Three") Festival for young children at a Shinto shrine in Japan. Parents take their children, mostly girls, to a Shinto shrine for a Shichi-Go-San ritual. Two Japanese little girls wearing kimono visit the Shinto shrine for the Shichi-Go-San Festival. A Japanese boy wearing a hakama holding his sister wearing a kimono. Japanese mother accompanies her young daughters to the shrine. Little girl takes off her Zōri sandals while her mother removes her geta sandals as they enter the shrine. Japanese Shinto priest bestows blessings to the children in attendance. Scene changes to a traditional Japanese Shinto wedding. A wedding takes place inside a Shinto shrine hall. Two Miko (Shinto shrine maidens) bowing. A Shinto priest reads from a scroll to call on Shinto spirits in front of a wedding altar. Food items in boxes are left at a ceremonial wedding altar. A Shinto priest pours sake into cups held by the two Miko. Shinto priest performs the san-san-ku-do ceremony with the couple during the wedding. Miko pours sake for the groom. Groom drinks sake during the wedding. Japanese bride receives sake from a Miko. Bride bows after drinking her sake. Japanese bride and groom sit together behind the Shinto priest.
A huge dam collapses in Hanawa, Japan. Men stand on flooded roads. A view of the wreckage in the village. People stand near damaged homes. Several people stand on stones in water. A boat in water. A bridge in the background. Refugees stand in a group.
Geologic formation and the geographic placing of the Japanese islands. View of bamboo forests and snow-capped mountains. Animated map describes the effect of the Japanese current and monsoons on the islands' climate.
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