Asakusa Transport

We had left our cruise in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, and were on a walking discovery tour back to our tour bus. This rickshaw was waiting for any tourist that cared to pay. I must admit it was a very snazzy rickshaw compared to some we had seen.

Rickshaw

Walking from the Bamboo Forest back to to our waiting taxi drivers, I spotted this rickshaw in action. I mentioned before about the rickshaw drivers being very trim. He must have a few arm muscles too to be able to pull not only the rickshaw but the two adult occupants as well. I wonder who provided the blanket?

Transport

Transport in Japan has moved on from the rickshaw, there are cars, buses, trains and planes now. I had forgotten about rickshaws though until I saw this one waiting for a customer. Yes, the rickshaw does still exhist, I saw a few of them in my travels in Japan. Though I think they are mainly for the tourist market to say we have had a ride in one. We walked, caught buses, taxi's, trains & ferries, but sadly no ride in a rickshaw. I must add here that all the rickshaw "pullers" were very trim! I wonder why?