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Jinrikisha in Kamakura
Photo by Betty Swartz, July 6, 2003

rickshaw

The western word "rickshaw" is derived from the Japanese term jinrikisha, which is a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a person and used to carry people. The men who pull jinrikisha wear tabi-shaped boots called jika-tabi.

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