PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN) Dial up warning

[AsahinaKimi]

A crane moves past the No. 2 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in this photo released Sunday by Tokyo Elecetric Power Co (TEPCO).

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Protesters in costume perform during an anti-nuclear demonstration in Tokyo on Monday. Chanting “Sayonara nuclear power” and waving banners, tens of thousands of people marched to call on Japan’s government to abandon atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident.


Tens of thousands of protestors gathered at Meiji Park in central Tokyo on Monday, Sept. 19, in what became the largest anti-nuclear demonstration in Japan since the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in March. Chanting "Protect our children," protestors marched for two to four kilometers to appeal against Japan's dependency on nuclear energy and to urge the government to abandon atomic energy. Police estimated that nearly 30,000 people participated in the event, but organizers' estimates doubled the figure. (Mainichi)


About 350 elderly evacuees from Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture -- part of the evacuation zone around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant -- hold a reunion at Iino Elementary School in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 18, 2011 -- one day before Respect-for-the-Aged Day, a national holiday. Kindergartners danced to cheer up the evacuees at the gathering sponsored by the Fukushima Prefecture village. A 79-year-old woman living temporarily in the prefectural capital said with a smile, "We don't know when we can return home, but I was glad to see my hometown folks today." (Mainichi)


"Nise" meaning fake was chosen in a poll for Japan's Kanji (Chinese character) of 2007.


Is it time to eat yet? Wonderful seafood in Kamakura, Japan. Itadakimasu!


A resident pushes a bicycle along a flooded street in Nagoya's Moriyama Ward on Sept. 20, 2011, after the area was flooded by rain from Typhoon No. 15. The typhoon, the second major storm to hit the Japanese archipelago in September, is expected to bring heavy rains to much of Japan over the next 48 hours as it travels up the east coast. (Mainichi)


Popular TV program MC Hideyuki Nakayama poses with pop group Idoling!!! during a promotional event for Nestle’s new canned coffee drink Nescafe Komi-baisen. The company launched the product on Monday at Cafe Nescafe in Harajuku.

MAINICHI OHATU-　まいにちおはつ！Something new everyday

[otohara]

1. I Bet My SIL

and her hubby are somewhere in the picture of the protest.

[stevedeshazer]

2. +1

:)

[AsahinaKimi]

3. all that food...

is making me hungry!

[chill_wind]

4. K & R.

Thank you for all the pictures!

[AsahinaKimi]

5. I just adore

The robe of the Buddhist priest. So purple! like!! ^^

[chill_wind]

6. I am in awe

of that aerial photo of the masses. My favorite, though, might have to be the one of the children bringing expressions of delight to the elderly evacuees. Very uplifting and touching!