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People attending a carnival walk near a number of rides.

Two children stand in front of a large inscribed stone, atop which stands a copper statue at Nikko of Shodo Shonin, who founded the earliest shrines and temples there in the 8th century.

Decorations for the Tanabata Festival, possibly in Hiratsuka.

A crowd of Americans and/or Europeans in a bar. A Japanese waitress is in the background.

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

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

Uniformed military playing in a baseball game.