Kids seem to have it pretty good in Japan. The youngest ones are shown the ways of the world by attentive elders, and there's no shortage of cartoon images with which to accesorize. The ubiquitous Ampan-man features characters made entirely of food. Ampan-man is so popular he's even got his own Museum.
Japanese kids age 4 and up routinely walk or ride trains home from school un-chaperoned, and no one frets about leaving bikes and toys unguarded in the plentiful parks and playgrounds.
Best of all, the much-maligned yellow "cheese" school bus has been given a glamorous kiddie makeover:
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