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Show Auto Is Taking Place of Jinrikisha in Japan The recent opening ot t lie Tokyo-Vokoliamn Tokyo-Vokoliamn highway for through, unto-mobile unto-mobile traffic marks the decline of thp jinrikisha the little two-wheeled coolie-drawn cart so characteristic of Japan and the Far East. Occidental travelers do not feel that they have done justice to Japan with out having a jannt in the jinrikisha While the vehicle does not meet with the western conception of comfort, it nevertheless gives a thrill to the stranger when he rides behind a coolie for the first time. But now the automobile auto-mobile is growing in favor in Japan, and with the decline of the old method of travel, many narrow streets nc alleys, which were endurable with the jinrikisha. art apparently doomed. Not a few Japanese cities are undertaking under-taking a program of street widt-ninu and street improvement to accommodate accommo-date the motor car. |