Travel (2)
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This item relates to a phenomenon of Japanese life, the great exodus from
the cities which takes place twice a year-at New Year and Obon-as people
return to spend the holiday in their native towns or villages. At such
times, every form of long-distance transportation is full to capacity. The
regular facilities of stations and airports are over-whelmed by great
numbers of people waiting patiently and not-so-patiently for vacant seats.
This photograph shows a temporary shelter against the cold set up in a
Japanese station at year-end, 1967.
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