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news Japan sightseeing spot Hakone gets trilingual robot to cut tourists human contact The Mainichi HAKONE, Kanagawa -- To assist both domestic and inbound tourists, a multilingual tablet and humanoid robot were installed on March 3 near the ticket gates at Hakone-Yumoto Station in this popular east Japan town. Their installation is part of measures to prevent coronavirus infections by helping tourists avoid direct contact with human guides. The system, called "Amaryllis," consi...

02.03.21 ) If the last 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that nature is tonic. More than a balm for uneasy times, the great outdoors offers a break from the daily urban grind, and an opportunity to reconnect with natural environments. From a series of cottages set deep in the forest in the Japanese town of Hakone, to an old-world hideaway in the Californian desert, join Design Hotels for an immersion in some of the world’s most inspiring nat...

2 high school girls, 50-year-old man found dead in car in apparent joint suicide Feb. 26 01:44 pm JST Feb. 26 | 03:41 pm JST SAITAMA Two high school girls aged 16 and 17 and a 50-year-old man were found dead in a parked car in Saitama Prefecture on Thursday in what police believe was a joint suicide. According to police, a man walking in the area spotted the car, with its engine running, at around 2 p.m. on a mountain road near Moroyama, and called 110, Sankei Shimbun reporte...

An art progression from Buddhist carving to Urushi ware, Kamakura-bori Feb. 20 06:29 am JST Feb. 20 | 06:29 am JST KANAGAWA Kanagawa Prefecture is located south of Tokyo with attractive cities such as Yokohama, Kamakura and Hakone nearby. The prefecture is a delightful mixture of urban areas, rich culture and beautiful nature. Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo, and one of Japans leading port cities. It rapidly develo...

Sony World Photography Awards reveal dazzling 2021 National Winners View 24 Images Zdeněk Vošický, Czech Republic, Winner, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards 2/24 Since places of worship are closed, these men pray on the Astroturf pitch, while adhering to social distancing Mehmet Aslan, Turkey, Winner, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards 3/24 4/24 The image was created by taking individua...

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The Sony World Photography Awards 2021 is shaping up very nicely indeed. The judges have revealed the winners in the competitions National Awards. And theyre quite something.  Overall, the contest receives entries from over 200 territories. However, these winners are drawn from the 51 countries in its National Awards programme, which celebrates local photography talent. Any photographer from a participating country that entered an image in the open contest in any category was automatically ent...

New Listers Toyota Supra 450hp review Tim Pitt © Provided by Motoring Research Toyota Supra You remember the scene. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are cruising the Pacific Coast Highway in a bright orange Toyota Supra. They pull up alongside an Italian supercar and Walker peers across: “Nice car. What’s the retail on one of those?” The driver revs his engine and sneers: “More than you can afford, pal. Ferrari”. Diesel mutters “Smoke him”, the lights go green and th...

Save Share Plan a world voyage for next year or beyond, read up on antibacterial plane fabrics and make a date with global culture within the confines of Australia: paintings can still fly internationally, even if we can’t. Adventure 2023 anyone? WWF and Intrepid have combined to offer whale-spotting cruises next year and in 2023.  Most of the world’s ships might still be at anchor, but the cruise industry is ramping up on big itineraries for next year and beyond as the gradual rol...

“In which Chrome gets to be the hero.” On its most fundamental level, this is a Chrome episode. Hiding from a sniper within a grassfire of his own making, Chrome figures out that the sniper is trying to catch him, not kill him, and thus the best way to keep both himself and Magma alive is for him to surrender. This not only allows Magma to escape, but also gives Chrome a chance to face down the enemy planning to slaughter his people—the man hes only heard stories about. Chrome is a man wh...