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Trainers with the
Sen-zu No Sarumawashi
performance group
in Kawasaki take their
diapered charges
on daily walks in the
streets. In the earliest
stage of sarumawashi
(monkey performance)
training, baby monkeys
are taught to sit on tiny
stools. Gradually they
learn to walk on stilts
and vault over hurdles.
THIS PHOTO
After patrons in
Kayabuki Tavern,
in Utsonomiya, have
finished eating, the
owners’ pet monkeys
climb onto a make-
shift stage at the back
of the restaurant and
obediently model a
collection of papier-
mâché masks.