Man seeks to keep 100-year tradition of platform vending

YAMAGATA, Japan - Daisuke Kosugi in a "happi" coat walks along a train at a station selling rice cakes in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug 4, 2014, as he attempts to maintain the tradition of platform vending, lasting more than 100 years. The practice involving active conversations with passengers is almost extinct due to changes in the train system.