THE GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAN 



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A NEWSGIRL WITH A BABY ON HER BACK, ON THE STREETS OE THE JAPANESE CAPITAL 



Little girls of ten or twelve go about their work with doll-like babies strapped to their 

 backs, and one often sees them playing hop-scotch while the head of a sleeping infant bobs 

 about in time to the steps. 



Photograph by Kiyoshi Sakamoto 



YOUNG JAPAN PLAYING AN OLD GAME 



Although military caps are most popular with children, the traditions of the two-sworded 

 gentry, the Samurai, are kept alive by actors and motion pictures. 



