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Burdock root festival held in Echizen, central Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Men eat piles of sliced burdock root in a traditional festival to wish for a good crop of rice in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 17, 2014.

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Cooking

The English caption reads, Preparing a meal in the kitchen . Five young women prepare a meal in the kitchen. The scene includes a stove for cooking rice, bamboo for blowing the fire, grating stick with earthenware mortar, Japanese onions being cut on a cutting board, and some burdock in the pail. The kitchen tools hanging on the walls are interesting.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐29‐0]

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A vegetable vendor

A peddler carries vegetables on a balancing pole. When the load was heavy, the peddlers held canes as well. This man is wearing a twisted hachimaki headband, short coat, trousers, white tabi socks and straw sandals. The vegetables include lotus root, burdock, spinach, turnip and mustard leaf. He is writing in a handbook.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐14‐0]

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A greengrocery

The apples piled in front suggest that this fruit is the specialty of this shop. Aside from the turnips held by the owner, the shop sells burdock, radishes, mustard leaf and onions. Panels are attached to the eaves to block the sunlight.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐104‐0]

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A vegetable vendor

A vegetable peddler wears a bamboo hat and straw raincoat. Apples, carrots and turnips are in the back basket, while onions, lotus root, radish, and burdock are in the front.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐71‐0]

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A vegetable vendor

A vegetable peddler wears a headband, short half coat, and straw sandals on bare feet. He carries okekago containers filled with vegetables on a balancing pole. The vegetables include squash, burdock, lotus root, onion and spinach.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐38‐0]