The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-27
LIFE IN YOKOHAMA.
Curious sights In the City-Ssiive Char
a'trr aud Customs.

10 San francisco, whence a three weeks
voyage will land tie traveller IN the com.
merc.al capital of Yokohama. When
Commodore Perry opened ths port iu
1854 with q lleet Of the American navy
il WIS -cagcely more than fishing 81.
lage, but IL las now population ci
$50 900. with well bulk streets oi dive.
ing houses, the thOroughlares broal
cleanly and al macadamL.d The town
extends along the level shore, but is
backed By half moon Of low. wooded
hills. known as the Bluffs. upon which
are the villas Of the foreign residents
built after Ito European snd Amer 80
STYLES : deep, broad canal surrouli,
the city. passing by the large wareaJ18
and connected with the bay az each eli.
being crossed BY several handsouo a.i
substantial bridges From the Iar,
there Is charming and extended var
IL the wos.. seventy InI.e- away t.
white. cloud Ike cone Of ful.yam- Tie
one volcanic mountain Of Japan. c.. FL.
CLEARLY dicsrued, while all about Ola
visitor lie tie attractive villa. beau..tl
gardens and groves OF oruamen1. trees
belonging to the foreign settlers.
In looking about Yokohama, ey-.y
thing strikes ne as CURIOUS, every Iew
sight Is o revelation. while in an d.u
tons tangible representations az OH.
strange picUles We have seen UPON ial.
Satsuma and lacQuered ware arc rl.
sented 90 siew. One b struck rs l.-
partlai nudity ~ men, women aua
dren, tho extremely simple arcnltet..
ct the dwelling hOuses. the peculiar f...
citation. the extraordinary seluAu.r e.
tween tie common people who na-
each other upon The Streets t.e ua
bazais and the queer t1yI.ke aro-
which I'LL them. children fNr- n a
the shape 81 h.deous yellow monsters
each subject becomes q fresh s.l
Nen uror,iMg vehicles, Ike hoi-
tween Tie shafts. ard uoturg Dt tl
-iX m.i- pony gait. D. a singular r.rt..
stranger. so are the uasel
w0rkin- by tours. bearing heavy i.....
ho---eals swung from tAeE shoulder.
upon stout poles. while they -
measured chant by means C. which 3D.
keep step No hesear- are -ecu lr..
the streets. The peonl. are u.a- i
Clearly 1he hous- ar- e.eC.4 eN-u
pies at tIs-verv small. seldom ..
twenty feet square aud one -r0.T a
height Allper,ons foreigners Crnl'ly-
take of their Shoes before entering upon
ile polished hoos. Tie conviction
forces itselt upon us that such .u.gcle.i
ues,ness and cleau.ue-- must extend
even 10 tic moral character Of the people
y spirit ot eentleness. industry and thrii-
Is observable everywhere imrlu.ng 1913
Arcadian atmosphere % these slFrounl.
iugs
Ia the houses which ve enter there or
found neither chairs tables nor bed teaes
the people III. eat ana s.e.p upon t-e
floors. which are a. ali time esc.-tI c5a
newly laid table cloth. Hole and t.er
upon the r0ads!des moss grown -l.r--
bearing sacred emblGms ale Observed t-.
fore which women. but rarely men are
seen bending Tie princ.pa. religions %
Japan are Sbingo ana Buddhism, sub
di7idCd into many scots. Iae shinlo l.
mainly q form q hero worship. success
ful warriors being canoL.zei as martyrs
are il the Roman Catholic chur
Buddhism Is another form u .do.--T
borrowed originally from the Chin
Is we travel inland places axe pel,-l
ont to u5 where popu.ous cities oa,a
stood, tlt where 10 RUNS MARI the p
4 dead and buried city IN Europe o. 4.-
leaves tldc bat almost indisTucUg- 49,
mains 10 mark where great commune
once built temples and monuments, AID
where Trey lived and thrived like tho
historic examples Of mutab.Itv MeDpL-
Paestum u Delhi. but l- Is not So .s
japan When IL is remembered q N-l,
ephemeral material tie natives bud
their dwellings. namely Of light banjo.
frames ami paper, tLelr utter di5lpye
ance ceases TO surprise rs. IL Is Clr.-
Gus fact that lbis people, con,eIloTalf
with Greece ana Rome az their zenith
who have only reared cities Of wood 1uI
temples Of lacquer have outliyed Too
classic nations whose halt ruined mclu-
ments form ouI choicest models 4hC
Hellenic and Latin races have passea
away, but Japan still remains. witbou:
iynastic change and with an .ur.o.a,c
country.
In journeying inland, VIC are struck
with many pecu.iar.ues showing how e..
.irely opposite - our OWL methods aI2
many Of theirs. Al the post stations tl-
horses are placed IL stalls with u-r
heads - tie passageway and then t1L5
show in place Of their heads Instead o.
iron shoes, tho japanese pony j. sa9i
with closely braided rice sgaw CarPea
ter draw the plane toward them, lnsteat
Of pushing il from them. /. D. tie AZ
in using saw tie teeth long se- o.
Tie tailor sos .lom BAN
not toward bis body, and holds L.i thread
with his toes. The women ~. ls,g.t-
like tie uawahans Marai6ctlulg cf
various sorts is carried Oh 10 large *
tent. We have evidence enough NJ tia
in the variety and quantity Of native
articles which are imported thence ITO
this country Yet the Use Of Ncca4li
al contuvances for the purpose 4 prO-
iuction IS little known BAND work IS
nearly the only process employed Tie
mode Of huskiug rice which Is commol