Shinto priests sit outside a shrine. A Shinto priest lead a ritual. He bows down in front of an altar. People carrying a Mikoshi portable shrine during a festival. People crossing a curved bridge. Japanese civilians visit a Shinto shrine. They attend a ritual service led by Shinto priests.
The entrance to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. View of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the Kasumigaseki district before it was destroyed by fire during the Great Kanto Earthquake. A car drives away from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Pedestrians walking outside the Ministry of Justice building (1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013). View of the Imperial Diet building, now known as the National Diet building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). Emperor Hirohito on horseback inspects Japanese troops. Marching Imperial Japanese Army troops before World War II. Emperor Hirohito boards a Japanese Navy ship. Sailors in Japanese Navy ships.
Traditional and modernized industries in Japan. An artisan makes a wagasa, or traditional Japanese umbrella. Workers pumping in a mill. Pedestrians crowd a busy street in Japan. Two Geisha girls window shopping outside a silk store. Buses move through traffic. A ship docked in port. A locomotive train in Japan. A mechanic inspects the wheels of train. Farmers cultivate rice in Japan. A farmer and his horse plow in the rice paddy. Farmers planting and harvesting rice. Fishermen casting their nets from their boat. A torii gate stands in front of the lake. Groups of fishermen haul a net full of fish. Japanese fisherman gather large fish with his bare hands.
Pearl harvesting industry in Ise Bay, offshore Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Female pearl divers called “Ama” wearing white dresses put on their goggles. Ama divers jump off from boat. Ama divers swimming underwater. Ama divers hold wooden barrels. Japanese workers process the harvested pearls. Man picks pearl from oyster. Pearls lay on cloth. Hand holding a single pearl. A Japanese woman in kimono holding pearls. Another Japanese woman, in Western clothing, shows off her pearl necklace.
The silk and textile industry in Japan. Japanese farmers engage in sericulture to supplement their income. A Japanese farmer smiles as she cultivates mulberry leaves for silkworms. Farmers gather mulberry leaves. A Japanese girl gather silk cocoons. Woman boils silk cocoons left by the silkworms. Smokestacks of factories in Japan. Silk cocoons are thrown into a pile. A machine processing raw silk. Japanese women working in silk factory. They place silk cocoons in steaming vat. Machines process raw silk into fabric.
Japan as a tea drinking country. Japanese women picking tea leaves in Central or South Japan. Woman uses a Hishaku bamboo ladle to scoop tea from pot during a traditional tea ceremony. She pours tea into a bowl. She bows to another woman as part of the tea ceremony. She serves tea for the woman. The other woman drinks the tea.
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