Show JAPAN IS MODERN YET IT CLINGS TO THAT OF ANCIENTS wooden clogs and straw sandals will remain the tha most common footgear for japanese wearing the traditional dit ional garb but when the native sandals and western style shoes march side by side in the downtown streets of boklo it Is only another indication of 0 the amazing way in which japan has adopted modern modem methods while it continues in its old revered customs not only in footwear hut but throughout the dally daily life of the people does this discrepancy show itself even the dolls have been modernized along with the modern womans comans frequent adopt adoption inn of western hair dress and western sports yet tet while the female athletes are training in sports the majority of the women are still under the sway of the traditional dit ional etiquette the lutt intricate leate rules of japanese etiquette must be carefully learned and pupils be begin gin at an early age to acquire the proper wa way y of bowing of walking of greeting friends and while rivers are being liar bar liessem under tinder western methods to provide hydroelectric power the art of 0 flower arranging Is 13 assiduously cultivated as it his has been for centuries 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 tradition modern japan goes ski jumping and mountain climbing in the approved european liuro fashion while ancient japan holds a tea ceremony yet japan whether it follows the ancient or modern tradition has haa a common meeting ground in its appreciation pre clation of beauty not only during cherry blossom time but throughout the year the people take a keen keea delight in the arrangement of their gardens gardens la in cherished vistas ot of mount fiji and la in frequent excursions cur to the country to enjoy the shrines |