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December 6, 2012
December 6, 2012
Boat Ride, Japan
Photograph by Kiyoshi Sakamoto
This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs
In this photo published in the July 1921 issue of National Geographic, kimono-clad passengers enjoy a boat ride down the Hozugawa River in Kyoto, Japan, an activity that remains a popular summer pastime of the region.
Photographer Kiyoshi Sakamoto contributed photos to the magazine for more than a decade in the period between the two World Wars.
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