The annual 'dondo-yaki' or New Year decoration burning ritual is held on a beach in Fukui, central Japan.

Japan is coming up with lavish trips to lure affluent foreign tourists.

Camera captures monkeys walking on an electric wire in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.

A 120-meter-tall waterfall in Ibarakai Prefecture is about to freeze completely.

A department store in Tokyo sells more than 1000 works made of gold.

Heavy snow lashes the Sea of Japan coast in central and northern Japan.

Women in Japan are likely to treat themselves this Valentine's Day.

An optometrist in Tokyo sells glasses at a store covered with water.

A huge tuna is placed in a shrine as an offering to business success in western Japan.

Women enact a rare style of blindfolded sumo in southwest Japan.