Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-20
JAPAN.
LETTER FROM AN AxzR1oAx x JAPAN.

!
 The following extracts are from lette
 received last week by . gentlemen of thil Iplace from college classmate, nov
 in Japan, portions of which he has kindly
 allowed us to publish- It is written in {
 nasty, off-hand style, but contains so many new and curious facts about the country
 lately opened to the world by American
 enterprise that it eannot fail to be ofinteresi
 to our readers. fr s l.
 tfA YKDo, Japan, Sept 10th 1866.
 sssgf ZKMHKu0R TRaErIE, { Dear Sir:-Dont think because I date my letter from 8 Temple that have turn
 ed Priest. I am not moro surprised to find myself in this large city, one until lately inaccessible to forsigners. than you will be to hear I am here. Two weeks be- fore I started for thisIcity had no idea of coming. GeneraIR. B. Van valkinburgh from our place havingbsen appointed minis ter to Yedo, Japan, invited meto join the party, consisting of himself, his Private Secretary, his nephew, and Capt. Fuller of Kansas. Anson Burlingame, the min ister to China, was to sail from N. '. last March, so we eonaiuded to travel togeth- CT and accordingly on March 1st 1866 we sailed in Steamer Arizona from N. Y. for San Francisco via Panama.
 We omit . portion iof the letter which follows, relating the incidents of their voyage via Panama to California, thence to the Sandwich Islands, and thence to Jap an, whore they arrived on the 10th of Au- gust last. We have also occasionally taken the liberty of making omissions, and correc- tions, and of eondsnsing few passages.]
 The first land we saw was the sacred Mountain Fpseyama IA ,ooo feet high. It is beautiful cone shaped mountain, the summit covered with snow. The Bay of Yedo was crowded with fishing boats. I was much amused at the costume of the natives They wear only : narrow band about the loins say four inches wide and another of the same width passing between the legs. .-stark nak, ed as to the rest of the body-no hats, no shoes. There are about 10'to 12 men in g boat; each oar turns on . point, is spoon shaped and nssd like a scull. They make m awful noise as they pull their oars, stand up and throw all the weight of the body upon them leaning far over. 4. .s z .ay yokshama isaae of, ,ths ports opened to foreigners 1t is . pleasant place, or look ed 70 to us who had been, at sea 36 days. Good Harbor well protected from storms, snzroundsd by mall hilla. This town is all built since 1859 ports tea and Glk. z Last sJssr lo,00aooo of chests were isxportedl of whish tbree-fpurtha went to Unitsd gtasss si1 never knew what good tea was bsfore I oams hers. It is especially good on . hotdy Yhsn you have been rid ing these miserable Japanese horses. It is drunk without sugar or milk and looks like water 1t is 90 olsss. Rsw silk is also ex- 'poried There must Do . good wade be- tween Japan and the rest of the world for shsresaie i've banks, all foreign. at Yokehs. m aud each doing . good business; all these ppsnsd sinea 1859. The nstiye part of the town is separated from the foreign. They build of mud and bamboo o-oae story high ,. .-and cover with tile made q baked, mud The tile ara we'll mads add finish to their E E
 houses. This is . country of earthquakes. I jiuss tsk . ssock 27 minutes clbck Sept1st 1S6e |, It shook the This is the third one Ihare felt since Aug. 18th. The yapanese, only build one story and of nand and wood, they. put large timber into their kamas aud moEtisa them strongly to- gether on account of the earthquakes. Such housesl can stand . good shaking and not tumble down. The Foreigners build two .sAory and ofcnt stnnas ad1kiikd ofsand stone e~hich is sbaHdlnt ana vSeks easily. Ehsrs lss some xsl b;ui,iH and szpsnsiiys stores 4t fokphanaa it4 sG3 io olaGS 5ats le.s
 s Ths main street, running aloIs tks Bay,
 iesllsd ths Band. on # # sairs ths, konses ssss@-3 <s isiia s 5ssassfs& sEs aud dsns Af the msrcAa and lesetionl Of fhs forsign Niniitsrn .+Ese the differ shce bob sssn Ensaish md Amsiosn. An
 Anerican weald have put his, store along the Bs,nd whsrsiit would be conssnientto to the Boy. 9Ens the Englishmsn puts his house to get Bshstt of the sea breeze. and view builds his store on the next street. al am inclined to believe that the tes and silk
 trade has proved very profitable; for since tho place has sprung up, ; the kind ot hOuses md storss the foreigners have put utake quite expensisss There are twolines o1 ||stsainers between Here and Europe and in |lMaasy 1867 the Aiasricans put on : Hne bst~em his place and San Francisco. The time between N. !. by San Franciscoto Yoke
 kAma, Jspan is 8 days. s-.ssa 1..-ss1l sYedo is ls niles from Yokehama up the |bar. Eou know tls country is ruled by psincsse eausd Baznios. Each Damio has slistrict tp rule over, large or small and hs