Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-22
aH)eeIins 8esiates
JAPANESE TEMPLES.
\ Visit to Tokei and the Region
Whereabouts.
.OO a Japanese ailOad---The Rikisha Men
and English---A Buddhist Tam-
pte---A T0mb---The View
from AtagO Iana.

.-Tu>pHANA, JArAS-0a Saturday
AuEvsl -, NJ. and myself paid a visit to
.Tokei. or Toxic, asst ismore usually called,
the capital Of he japanese Empire aud re-
s;dcpCe q the Mikaios. Ii is q city con,
,ainirg over l,Oe0OO inhabitants, situated
81, The heed OF Neido Bay, aud about eigh-
teen miles from Yokohama. with which
lace j. is connected JY rail.
OU n Japanese Railroad.
The ride up vas a very pleasant one. the
tip being made in sixty five minutes. The
road is level and passes through 3 bcag;i-
fully diversified country, and 50 CLOSELY to
the beach hat me water is in sish5 nearly
an tho way Up The cars sro couJrl.1,e
and run soneshat on the Easlsd p~;iacp,-
-exccp, he locking oC tbs passengers.
The Grsr class cars are divided INFO Es.ls
compartments handsomely S,;rtup- The
second class cars hssc plain seals. Running
:ae guH length Of the cac. AL ca hioaed 81,
.ha back vi.5 suf. straw mating. la the
hiric.ss, he ssGNssee otplajo sSSoi Smok-
my b.in- 8 national habit. Is INDUCED in
=. nuy ALL al times, and in all the CAT.
Approaching tue city The road passes
.7si,h,a = few kss Of The bay, afordiQg a iun
sirw og;hc 6ys LARGE forts which c0ycr the
xStrr SIDE Of I5e city. These iov.s nre
mayed in q crescent With TIE 0ud forts at
me greatest distance Ous, ard al high water
s!e completely surrounded. " tue time
40 reached .hs city, however .ar li}- was
"a, ard g who stTip Of low, macShy g-1wl
xtpudyd .e:SNeD tho nearer !or,s a.; .,e
m~siuiard To Que side u gka ptacrS we
saw Sbst sppytrcl To De- thr rsjgs Of All
1.-the. :o.,. On. the passing r':upE' sc
! ,rsbt 81 We were whirlrd 1y Dol uy.
Irns5k' us 10 Be-. -m,ar positively.
TIE Hgishn NIcn aud Eagli,N.
Arrived ~ the s,,ci0a W. had ;hr usual
s~,r,sy!t among thy Numerous nkishs men
ariulC uc we're allowed 10 depart for Shjpa
Icmp,c. our first point Of interest. Our
Eikisha men drew rs along at a rapid rate
.ovc- nicely uacadamized and wide streets.
The sun beating herceiy down, We were
u nd 20 hide uLder the shSde OF our UNI
Ir las The rikisha men and coolies work,
Bag IN the streets, many Of them 90 bare
beaded While others wear large bamboo hats
II caring = close resemblance to q mushroom.
Ilnng vsage seems % have made tue people
i |. nu:ydgvl 0i the heat, and We passed many
!. themsIrawing beavlylsden carts, tOiing
In while the sun rays beat down on their
bar head and bodies. Among the better
.ln.,es Of the people are many who wear
F.urC,caR dress while Stil more wear n
mixture = NAIVE and European. Along
the street one SECS numerous signs printed
9th in E.ngEsh AMI japanese, while IN a
large proportion Of the stores people can
nearly AWAY ~ found who speak more or
less EGgIsE. Looking at these SigaS l
Wondered whether q visitor 10 Japan an
aundrtd years hence would not find Eng
3ish he prevailing language IN SA the large
,lca. The tendencies arc certainly ia that
Erection
Buddhs-t Temple.
AftES r ..r o. about G!lecu minutes We
.ea,heG ,hc lnu,YNs BuGdhjs: temple Of
SL.ps. the largest and finest OF all the
tcmp pies OF .hc japaU-the Westminster
-Lbjey Of The empire. The temple consists
cf many buildings, all heavily gildcd AMI
AruAmtutcl. with little courts between. II
&oycrs MANY acres in eXtcat, aud IA in the
h.:d.i Of q larye cedar grove, the courts
t,irs gCli shsdei in many places Inside
e the buildings the floors are beautifully
l.Cn.ered. and all Who enter must leave
their shoe. outside. The gods, o. idols,
nc sci, carved and The bronze and gjldci
Nc.k Z, 9th handsome and costly. Many
\ al, OF gr.ars to BE seen amongthe ST. icS
l. toe m auci. Mt times the metal workers o.
Japan wcTc indeed artists and COnteut 70
,ieBd ycr > IN the p~erfcctlDg OF "A single
H:ecc Of work. The labor Of thousands OF
tu az for ,ouT numbers of years Is rePgesan'
tttd TO-DAY In the beauties Of this temple.
4 Tomb.
4 TGJhFur4x Of the ancient temple IL the
anci,rr tomb OF fhs-ShegEBs a2 the
generals Of the MiGado were called. The
trir,t who showed Us around pointed 70 It
sgith pr;de and poured forth a torrent OF
lsqaGcac 0! which We understood not a
.;pgic aCr5. The tomb IL arranged IN the
iCiu a. a square, inclosing . small court,
ir lie ,cg.c- OF which is an old monument,
e.i.c Numerous towering shrubs and
i-,hr, s-c scattered around. Its oUly IN
tu,.. it, in the fact that. It is the resting
j., o. the Shoguus. During the Ssccn-
Be-. t}o E,ddFlsf religion this temple was
iiclrl.c;paI temple Of Japan, bat Of late
\ vn , tie Shin,O religion has robbed 4, %
iaan, u its deyotees.
View from Atago Mama.
Leaving ShibA, a ride Of 3 few minutes
brorgbt us % the .AtagO Gama, or hill OF
tb;H Of Atago. Mounting a flight Of eighty
seven ,tcge ~.eps We found ourselves facing
sRail temple with numerous tea-houscS
around II. Standing on the top of this hill,
she highest point OF land near the city, we
looked down apOn the city AZ our feet.
ar ont beyond the civ lsy the waters OF
D cnio Rav. vita the forts trOwaiug upon
Il. and a. anchor out beyond the forts we're
Several large ships, two OF them japanese
ben otvgr. Further down the bay lay a
ice. at hundreds OF iunks. Away of to
onc -iic vas the palace and its gardens.
Scattered here and there smong the Mules
% buildings were temples and paSoSss
Down tae hny IokOhsma. looking Ike q
mere sreck, could be seen. We enjoyed
4his birds eve view Of Toxic and iJS sur,
Rounding for q few minutes, then turned
bid desceuisd by 8 another flight OF steps,
b. 10 number. that wound down the side
. tie hill
AJapaReSe BasaSr.
Dur next stopping place was the bazaar
sb"r~ we wandered for over an a
hnor. the exhibits Of the japanese mer
hsuss. seeing everything from . oy and
pn!ecioncry exhibit up to those oil the
hest workmanship. Leaving the oazaaT
e were carried TO 8 restaurant, where TOT
e moderate price oE seventy-ive sen -
N amount which R~uctuStes from thirty 70
dfy cents according to the rate OF discount
obtained a very nice meal IN
European style On the way and IN act
throughout the whole day, We were passing
bad repassing large barracks and numerous
4p,d;ers sFo0t and on horseback met US