Eco-Candle festival in Fukui, Japan

People light candle during a Eco- candle festival at Ikeda city in Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo in Japan, September 25,2010. Hundreds of people mark Eco- candle festival and light over 25,000 candles and show eco friendly environment at Ikeda city.  Eco-candle festival started five years ago in 2005,
 a campaign to recycle waste cooking oil as well as to show their environmental friendly lifestyle and take attraction for Ikeda city. An important aspect of the Eco-Candle event is that every age of people takes part in making the candles, so all the candles are made by volunteers. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y1185

A woman walks front of the candle display frame during a Eco- candle festival at Ikeda city in Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo in Japan, September 25,2010. Hundreds of people mark Eco- candle festival and light over 25,000 candles and show eco friendly environment at Ikeda city.  Eco-candle festival started five years ago in 2005,
 a campaign to recycle waste cooking oil as well as to show their environmental friendly lifestyle and take attraction for Ikeda city. An important aspect of the Eco-Candle event is that every age of people takes part in making the candles, so all the candles are made by volunteers. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y1264

People light candle during a Eco- candle festival at Ikeda city in Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo in Japan, September 25,2010. Hundreds of people mark Eco- candle festival and light over 25,000 candles and show eco friendly environment at Ikeda city.  Eco-candle festival started five years ago in 2005,
 a campaign to recycle waste cooking oil as well as to show their environmental friendly lifestyle and take attraction for Ikeda city. An important aspect of the Eco-Candle event is that every age of people takes part in making the candles, so all the candles are made by volunteers. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y1170

People light candle during a Eco- candle festival at Ikeda city in Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo in Japan, September 25,2010. Hundreds of people mark Eco- candle festival and light over 25,000 candles and show eco friendly environment at Ikeda city.  Eco-candle festival started five years ago in 2005,
 a campaign to recycle waste cooking oil as well as to show their environmental friendly lifestyle and take attraction for Ikeda city. An important aspect of the Eco-Candle event is that every age of people takes part in making the candles, so all the candles are made by volunteers. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y1128

Students make Eco- candle Ikeda city in Fukui prefecture about 320 kilometers northwest Tokyo in Japan, August 7,,2010. Hundreds of people mark Eco- candle festival and light over 25,000 candles and show eco friendly environment at Ikeda city.  Eco-candle festival started five years ago in 2005,
 a campaign to recycle waste cooking oil as well as to show their environmental friendly lifestyle and take attraction for Ikeda city. An important aspect of the Eco-Candle event is that every age of people takes part in making the candles, so all the candles are made by volunteers. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y7273

  
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A Japanese traditional wedding takes in rice field

Ishikawa, Senmaida rice filed is one of the most beautiful view rice filed in Japan and each year two lucky couples will be drawn from a nation-wide lottery to have their wedding ceremony take a place at Senmaida rice filed in September. This year that fortune gets Japan Defense Force, Mizumoto Keiichi, 24 years old younger at Wajima city. His wife is Mizumoto Mami, 23 years old. 

“I’m so happy done our wedding in here because it was unusual experience and it will become good memory of our life” said, Mizumoto, 24 year old bridegroom just finished traditional way wedding ceremony at rice field.

The terraced rice fields of approximately 18,000 square meters, stretching down on the steep overlooking the northerly Japan sea, are located in Senmaida area, about 8km east from the central are of Wajima city, Ishikawa

prefecture about 295.3 kilometres (183.49 miles) from Tokyo, Japan. The geometrical pattern observed today was developed between the 17th and the middle of the 19th century.

Wajima local government has been arranging two wedding ceremony each year, which event started ten years ago 2000. Since that event started, 23 couples had taken their wedding ceremony  in Senmaida rice filed and that two couples

choose by lottery system. Even though, this year contest only one couple.

“My mother found this lottery system and she contest. Then we got the chance to do our wedding ceremony this wonderful rice field said, Mizumoto.

He also said, he was married March 2010 but he haven’t time to organize to wedding ceremony according his two year training period in Japan Defense Force. 

Senmaida annual wedding event arrange by Wajima local government and voluntary workers around the Wajima city.

Most Japan wedding ceremony are held hotels or wedding halls but this traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (Shinto-style) took a place top of the rice field make small and colorful wedding stage. Wood floor of stage covered by red carpet and bamboo trees stand both side of the middle. Bride and groom take a place on that stage and before the exchanging their rings drink sake three times which is rituals Shinto-style. That day Senmaida rice filed become as a temporally wedding hall.

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STOP THE RE-DETAINED say forieners live in Japan

A foreign nationalist hold the placard and walks during a protest of against to re-detaining Shinagawa city, Tokyo, September 8, 2010. Pic.Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery  44Y9653

Dozens foreign nationals live in Japan who were asylum seekers comes road side under the heavy rain and held protest and demanding to authority of Tokyo Immigration stop the re-detaining the after long detaining and threat all of foreigners human way on today, 8th Wednesday at Shinagawa city Tokyo.

 Refugee’s right activits in Japan and foreign nationals together start protest walking march from Shinagawa bus stand and then they walk to immigration office in Tokyo for hand over the latter of their demand which is address to director of Immigration.
Asian countries including about 20 countries foreign nationals attend protest march and most of them shouts slogan and said “STOP THE RE-DETAINED” during a demonstration.

A policeman stands guard road side during a foreign nationalist's protest of against to re-detaining Shinagawa city, Tokyo, September 8, 2010. Pic.Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y9722

A foreign nationalist shout slogan and march under the heavy rain during a protest of against to re-detaining Shinagawa city, Tokyo, September 8, 2010. Pic.Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y9751

Foreign nationalists walks during a protest of against to re-detaining Shinagawa city, Tokyo, September 8, 2010. Pic.Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y9996

Foreign nationalists hold the banner and walks during a protest of against to re-detaining Shinagawa city, Tokyo, September 8, 2010. Pic.Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y9569

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Paddy crop comes to town - Japan

A school student arranges the paddy on the huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9243

School students arrange the paddy on the huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9218

A woman rides bicycle front of the paddy hanging huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9332

School students arrange the paddy on the huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9218

A school student arranges the paddy on the huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9211

A woman walks front of the paddy hanging huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9312

A school student carries paddy on the huge bamboo frame front of the Agriculture Association of Fukui city about 320 kilometers west Tokyo, Japan September 6,2010. About fifty years ago Japanese farmers used bamboo frame for dry to paddy.Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery 44Y9243

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