tokyo rickshaw

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Tokyo, Japan, Japanese rickshaw, riscio, or old style two wheeled passenger cart in the city of Tokyo. The Rickshaws are a popular way to tour the city. Rickshaws were independently invented in Japan circa 1869, after the lifting of a ban on wheeled vehicles from the Tokugawa period (1603â1868), and at the beginning of a period of rapid technical advancement in Japan.