The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-02
,Jananese Waterfng Places.

Life at HakOne as passed by the health |
seekers from YokOhoma, has very little TO-
nance abOutit. The tourist will perhaps
De lodged in a couple of rOOms-that is,
space consisting Ofso many mats divided
into two by screens-in a farmhouse or
in some BRIDESMAIDS residence, or even in
some old temple. The sunrise artillery of
opening shutters, inevitable in japanese
house, wakes him from his sleep, ne dOns
the ARREST of costumes, and starts for a
plunge in the clear, cold, and as the
natives say, unfathOmable waters of the.
take. If he has been for any length Of
time a wanderer in Japan, he has
probably learned to exist on the food of
the country, and to dispense with articles
of European food, the transport of which
is always a source of annoyance and
anxiety to the traveller; and it really
requires very little training to become
accustomed to japanese food. The only
point at which the palate rebels is that
of drink-the fermented essence of rice,
drank steaming hot, and resembling
slightly in flavor diluted sherry of the
one and three pence bottle type, rarely
finds favor with Englishmen. Moreover,
it is a very rapid intoXiCantj and Is very
bad stuff to work physically upon. But
with the edibles very little fault can be
found. The flefh of animals, uutil the
settlement of Europeans IN Japan, was
utterly unknown as an article of food.
Now, however, shops for the sale of beef
and pork are very numerous IN 4eddO
and YokOhOma, and are said to be
wonderfully patrOnized by the natives.
Fish and rice are the staple articles OF
food, and these, when artfully seasoned by
edible seaweeds, vegetables, eggs and
! IL
epicure could with reason turn up his
nose. At the large, fashionable restaurants
of the capital, if the traveller ordered a
dinner on an unlimited scale purely
Ia mode iapOnai5e, be must be prepared
for a meal lasting over several hours,
consisting Ofnumberless courses, COmpOs-
ed entirely of these two articles, fish and
rice The very sweets with which the
banquet opens are extracted from seaweed,
and the side dishes and the sauces made
of eggs and vegetables are really the emily
plates which are neither fish nor rice.
in the country the traveller, Of course,
finds Iian7 move limited as to variety.
But having learned the use of ChOpsticks,
and possessing a bottle or two of English
beer, and not being squeamish In tmG
consumption of raw fish, he may fare
uncommOnly well, and, what Is as impor
tant, will find that at the end of a meal
he is perfectly free from the heaviness
and drowsiness too generally conse-
quent upon hearty repast of the Euro
pean calibre. Having breakfasted, armed
with pipe, stick q sketch book, and a
few shlIliDgs worth of paper money, be
NAV start for his days rambIe. If he is
not a convert to Japanese food. at tery
slight cost a cOOlie may be obtained
HaU nr
two; and, with Hakone as headquarters,
the independent bachelor may spend a
most enjoyable fortnight in exploring
the neighbOrhOnd-even venturing SO
far as to make the ascent of the holy
mountain Full, distant some twenty
miles: in this case however, he must
be especially careful that It's passport
is in order, for if the japanese are
especially jealous about one subject
more than another, it Is their grand,
lonely mountain. Acting thus indepen-
IDENTIFY. untrammeled by etiquette and
the petty exactiOns CT society, the trav-
eler will never regret having passed
short time at HakOne. Walk as he may
in any direction, pleasing subjects for
his pencil, odd hooks and corners,
little patches of the uncOntaminated
japan of the romantic past greet him
at every turn OF Tue TOdu. II ne DC n
good sportsman, he will find among the
Simple rustics many a sturdy fellow will
ing to show him happy hunting
grounds Astounding with big and small
game, which have been aecumulatirg
ever since the days offeudalism, when the
great lords of the neighborhnod, and
not unfrequently the emperor hrm:.elt,
were wont to hold great hunting
festivals extending over several weeks,
and which, thanks to the stringent
regulations concerning sporting licenses
issued by the government, have never
been massacred wholesale blythe sports
men'' of Yokohoma or he may pass a. day
of ''delcs far Diente with rod and line
among the innumerable inlets and seques-
tered corners of the lake, sharing
rough tifin with the b atsman under
the shade O. some water-side shrine, ana
enjoying himself thoroughly, so long as
he 6Oaz not loob- for snort