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  • Rickshaws have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Kyoto, though their use is more a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Usually the ride consists of a quick, token 15 minute tour with an all-important photo opportunity at the end.
    japanese-rickshaw-15.jpg
  • Arashiyama Rickshaw Pullers - Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    japanese-rickshaw-6.jpg
  • Rickshaw at Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    japanese-rickshaw-17.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Takayama, though it is more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Nowadays rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a blue-collar job for the hoi polloi.
    japanese-rickshaw-11.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Takayama, though it is more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Nowadays rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a low level blue-collar job.
    japanese-rickshaw-12.jpg
  • Takayama Rickshaw - more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation  these days rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a tough blue collar ordeal for the working class.
    japanese-rickshaw-9.jpg
  • Rickshaw at Arashiyama bamboo groves, found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi
    japanese-rickshaw-16.jpg
  • Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    japanese-rickshaw-14.jpg
  • Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.  The bamboo grove at Arashiyama, where this rickshaw and passengers is located,  is one of Kyoto's best retreats from the urban scene.
    japanese-rickshaw-5.jpg
  • Kyoto Rickshaw Puller and Passengers - Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    japanese-rickshaw-10.jpg
  • Kamakura Rickshaw - Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Kamakura and Kyoto, though their use is more a photo opportunity than for real transportation. Usually the ride consists of a quick, token 15 minute tour.  Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    kamakura-rickshaw-1.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Kamakura and Kyoto, though their use is more a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Usually the ride consists of a quick, token 15 minute tour.
    japanese-rickshaw-4.jpg
  • Kamakura Rickshaw - Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Kamakura and Kyoto, though their use is more a photo opportunity than for real transportation. Usually the ride consists of a quick, token 15 minute tour.  Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    kamakura-rickshaw-2.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Takayama, though it is more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Nowadays rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a blue-collar job for the hoi polloi.
    japanese-rickshaw-13.jpg
  • Rickshaw Passengers - Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    japanese-rickshaw-7.jpg