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Ishigaki mayor presents Governor Ishihara with books
On July 6, Ishigaki City Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama paid a courtesy call on Governor Ishihara and presented him with books including Senkaku kenkyu (Studies on Senkaku). The book contains data from five biological surveys conducted by former University of the Ryukyus President Tetsuo Takara on the Senkaku islands through the 1950s and 1960s.
Photo: Ishigaki Mayor Nakayama presents the book to Governor Ishihara (July 6)
Summer tradition at the hozuki market
Following in the footsteps of the morning glory market held at Iriya Kishimojin temple, on July 9 and 10 the hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) market was held on the Sensoji temple grounds. Morning glories and Chinese lantern plants are refreshing sights offering a cool respite from the summer heat. Visitors purchasing the plants also enjoy animated conversation with the vendors. This year, all of the some 220 stalls at the market switched over to LED (light-emitting diode) lighting to save energy.
Photo: Visitors looking to buy hozuki (July 10)
Marine Lantern Festival in Odaiba
Candles in paper lanterns were artfully arranged at Odaiba Marine Park to create geoglyphs for the annual Marine Lantern Festival held in celebration of Marine Day. Showing support for efforts to bring the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Tokyo, this year the Tokyo 2020 bid logo and depictions of ancient Olympic Games events lit up the nighttime beach.
Photo: Taken July 15
Teams representing Tokyo in the 95th National High School Baseball Championship visit the governor
This year marked the 35th time for Tokyo's summer tradition, the Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival, to be held. There were more spectators than usual this year, perhaps because this was the first year that people could enjoy a lit-up Tokyo Sky Tree together with the fireworks. The river was dotted with many yakatabune pleasure boats carrying passengers who were enchanted by the 20,000 fireworks blazing in the night sky above.
Photo: Taken from Kuramaebashi Bridge (July 28)
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