Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-08-04

Life at HakOne as DgSSpd nv thp health
seekers from Yokohama has very lille ro.
nance aboutit. Tbetourist viii pcrbaps
be lodged in A couple Of rooms-tbat is, a
space consisting of so many mats divided
into two bv screens-in y f9rmhouse ar
in some BRIDESMAIDS residence, or sven in
some old temple, The sunrise artillery of
opening shutters, inevitable in \ .Japanese
house. wakes him from his slepp, ne dons
the ARREST of costumes. and starts for a
plunge in the clear, cold. and ~ the
natives say. unfathomable waters of fine
take, Ifhe 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 disppnse with articles
of Furonpan food. the transnort Of which
is ALWAYS a source of ANNOYANCE and
anxiety to the traveller. and il really
requires ycrv little training to become
accustomed To Japanese food. The only
point at which the palate rebels is that
of drink-the fcrmented essence Of rico
drank stegminp hot and resembling
SLIGHTLY in flavor diluted sherry Of The
one and threo. nnnce a hottie tvne rarely
finds favor with Fnclishmep Moreover
il is q verv rand intovicant and il verv
bad stuff work nj physically unon Rnt
with fine edihles verv LITTLE coult can ho
found. The Aefh Of animals until tba
settlement Of Euronoans in .Ianon was
utterly nnknown as an article of food
Now. however shons for tLe sale If heef
and nork ore verv nnmerons in YeJdo
and Yokohoma and ara said 70 ho
wonderfully patronizpd nv the natives
Fish and rice are the staple article. NJ
food, and these. when artfuIjv seasoned by
edible seawepds vaUetahles egrs and
fruits, form dishes at which no ETnIronean
epicure could with reason tnrn mn his
nose Attbe large Fashionable restonronts
of the capitaL. if tbe traveller ordered a
dinner on IN unlimited scale nrrnlv
Ia mode ia,onaisa ho mms4 ba nrdmaroJ
for a meal lasting over sayorpi %Eonr,
CONSISTING ofnumhearIe. courses comnns
ed entirely Of these two articles. fish and
rice. The yerv sweets with which tbo
banquet opens from saawooJ
and the side dishes and the saures mado
of eggs and vegetables arc roalIv tba aniv
plates which are neither fish ror rino
In the country the traveller Of con ,,So'
finds many more limited "a to VARIETY
But havinrIearned the use Of cbonsticEs
and possessing a hottie or two Of Fnrlisb
beer, and not being soueamisb in tba
consumption of raw fish he NAV faro
uncommonlv well and what i, 90 ;mnor.
tant, will find that ot the end Of moa1
he is perfectly free from the heoviness
and drowsiness too generally con.e,
auent upon a hearty renast If tho Enro-
pean calibre. Having breokfasted armed
with a pine. stick n sketch .hooI and a
few shlIlings worth Of noner monoy h"
may start for his DAVIS ramhlo If be ;s
not a convertto Japanese food, at q yerv
slight cost a coolie nav he obtaipoa
who will carry provisions for a dav W.
two: and. with Hakone 40 beodcnortor
the i~ndependen5 bachelor nav smonj y
most ENJOYABLE FORTNIGHT in ev 1p[r .
the neighborhood-even vantnrinm 90
far as TO make fine ascert Of tLn ~
mountain Fuii. distant soma - tmn nua
niles in this case, however be mns
De especially careful that bis nossn"rt
5 in order, for if the ],Jana5eso ,Po oro
specially Jealous about ons ynb; %t
more than another. it is tboir ' rr5n {
onely mountain. Acting TINS in5ennn,
untrammeled h1 etionotto p on
he pettv exactions cf societv t tLo anu l
Ter will never regret baying n ono ol"' c
hort time at Hatono VII P"SSeu u :