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Show Japanese Sport With Fireflies. Besides being a business, llrelly catching Is a sport In Japan. Little g'rls pursue It with their fans, hoys with wands to which a wisp of yarn Is fastened. Nor do the elders disdain to Join the sport. They also organize festluil parties to visit certain spots, long known and famous, to witness the beautiful spectacle of the lirellles Mvnrmlng. Special trains, carrying thousands of visitors, are run during the season to ITJI, the most renowned, to behold tho llotara-Kassen, or Firefly Fire-fly battle. |