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-One major takeaway i got from the reading is how different experiences were for the visitors and the native people of Japan. the Globetrotters had previously traveled to places like India, or Asia, or the Americas, so they were prepared for being a tourist. This is unlike the Native Japanese who had never before been equipped to deal with heavy tourism.
-Following Beato's major success in photography, many similar businesses opened up in hopes that they could retain the success that Beato had. These photograph stores consisted of photos of places that the tourists may have visited, or wanted to visit but never got to. They would bring them home and brag to their peers about all the places the visited(or didn't).
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This photo is particularly interesting because it is one that was sold as a photograph to tourists. Strangely, there is a man standing on the hands who appears to be Japanese, and this might give tourists a laugh. I don't know much about Buddhist customs, but i would believe that it would be very disrespectful to stand on the statue of Buddha, especially one as famous as this. Perhaps the Japanese man has no ties to Buddhism and the tourists he was guiding thought it would be amusing for him to partake in this act. It appears as a very "natural native" photo to someone who would buy it.
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