Straw Sandals of Japan 



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AMONG HONEST PEOPI^ 



Straw sandals (waraji) for sale by the roadside near Arita, province of Hizen, Japan. 

 Country people weave these straw shoes in their leisure hours, and hang them from stakes by 

 the roadside for sale. The traveler helps himself to a new pair of shoes, and drops the cop- 

 pers in the bamboo cup. An old straw hat protects the shoemaker's stock from rain. The 

 custom, formerly quite common in old Japan, is dying out, now that the new treaties have gone 

 into effect, and foreigners are free to travel everywhere without passports. Photographed by 

 Eliza R. Scidcore. Copyrighted by Harper Bros. 



