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Show JAPAN IS MODERN, YET IT CLINGS TO THAT OF ANCIENTS ' Wooden clogs and straw sandals will remain the most common footgear foot-gear for Japanese wearing the traditional tra-ditional garb, but when the native sandals and western style shoes march side by side in the downtown streets of Toklo, it is only another indication of the amazing way In which Japan has adopted modern methods while it continues in its old, revered customs. Not only in footwear but through-out through-out the daily life of the people does this discrepancy show itself. Even the dolls have been modernized, along with the modern woman's frequent fre-quent adoption of western hair dress and western sports. Yet while the female athletes are training in sports the majority of the women are still under the sway of the traditional tra-ditional etiquette. The intricate rules of Japanese etiquette must be carefully care-fully learned, and pupils begin at an earlv ase to acquire the nronw way of bowing, of walking, of greeting greet-ing friends. And while rivers are being harnessed har-nessed under western methods to provide hydroelectric power, the art of flower arranging is assiduously cultivated, as it has been for centuries. cen-turies. Broadcasting has become a new feature in Japanese life, but side by side with it continues the tradition of the old style theater, which presents plays based on ancient an-cient tradition. Modern Japan goes ski jumping and mountain climbing in the approved ap-proved European fashion, while ancient an-cient Japan holds a tea ceremony. Yet Japan, whether it follows the ancient or modern tradition, has a common meeting ground in its appreciation ap-preciation of beauty. Not only during dur-ing cherry blossom time but throughout through-out the year the people take a keen delight in the arrangement of their gardens, in cherished vistas of Mount Fiji, and In frequent excursions ex-cursions to the country to enjoy the shrines. |