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21.04.2011
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Yama girls

Seeking solace and a spiritual break from their always-on city lives, a new generation of Japanese women are hitching up their high-fashion mountain skirts and heading for the great outdoors. These are the Yama Garu.

By Julian Ellerby and Felicity Hughes

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