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...that Japanese stonemasons, a traditionally unhurried lot and given to meditative puffs on bamboo pipes between mallet whacks, have a tremendous backlog of orders piling up. Japan is exporting an average of 2,000 lanterns a month, most of them to the U.S. Many U.S. tourists buy them at Ishikatsu, Tokyo's largest masonry shop, and have them shipped home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: Lanterns for Landscapers | 10/27/1961 | See Source »

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