If you saw Tom Cruise in the movie The Last Samurai, then perhaps you have a sense for what Japan lost in its transition to modernization, or Westernization. Although this movie focused on the Samurai culture, there were many elements of Japanese life that were shared by people in all walks of life, farmers, craftsmen, merchants. One of these elements is Nanba Walking.
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