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Two maiko, one in white face makeup. A maiko is an apprentice geiko (not quite the same as geisha) in Kyoto. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or the koto (traditional Japanese instruments) for visitors during…

A row of wooden racks supporting a large number of mackerel drying in the sun.

A farm worker carrying several large buckets of night soil stands in front of a field. Construction workers, farmers, rickshaw-pullers, and others often wear a type of tabi called jika-tabi, like this farmer. Made of heavier, tougher material and…

A line of people in yellow robes march through a gravel lot. The lead marcher carries a penant, possibly with the Buddhist mantra "Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō" (南無妙法蓮華経)

A bus terminal with two parked buses in front of a large building.

A woman and two children stand on a rock ledge near a rushing river.

The sacred bridge at Nikkō Tōshōgū with streetcar tracks in the foreground.

Looking down toward the Akechidaira Ropeway in Nikko National Park. A river valley is in the background.

Part of the shrine at Nikkō Tōshōgū.

Uniformed military playing in a baseball game.