While most consider raucous karasu to be pests, people like to get about "as the crow flies" and there are many ingenious forms of transportation in Japan, such as these 48-inch wooden geta designed for work in watery rice paddies:
Warriors and royals of yore were ferried about by well-calloused servants in Japanese sedan chairs,
and of course there are boats circling all parts of the island nation.
Giant shipyards too:
With 20,000 miles of coastline, the Coast Guard keeps busy:
as do fishermen, who often pilot their craft from the seiza (kneeling) position:
Cars of infinite description ply parts of Japan that boats cannot. The fabulous Tokyo City Museum is proud exhibitor of the first of Subaru's revolutionary light cars from the mid 1950s:
Here's a contemporary ride named Midget II,
and a "lush" sedan called a Royal Saloon!
If you think parking in your hometown is tight, you might wish to consult these 2 Tokyo experts:
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Minivans are popular with familes, including this one decorated with Cars,
Long haulers like tricked-out custom rigs,
while modern utility trucks seem straight out of the movie Brazil.
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