Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-27


America, and the cooking H. up to the
standard Of our best hotels. The rich
traveller or the man who would spend,
say from S. 10 $40 day iu gold can
travel as luNuuously rs DC can anywhere
iu Europe. The people arc kind, aud
there B no dangef anywhere you 10.
,EcoNomcAL TRAVELLING rs JAPAN.
The economical traveller. on the other
hand, can cut down his cxpgncus very
materially by avoiding the big foreign
hotels and living ls the Japanese do.
This Is the real way Of travel IN Japan.
The foreign hotels are filled with Amrn.
cans aud English, and you might as we'll
be in New YORK as In Tokyo, for all the
japanese life that you see ~ the imprr.
al Hotel AZ the Japanese hotels YOU
viii have TO sleep on the floor. but your
bed will be made Of thick padded quilts.
and you viii get your eating and lolg.
Ing for less than s. BOO silver per day.
Away from the biz cities you will pay
only about fifty cents in silver FOR supper
bed aud breakfast aud everything will
De proporiionatcly cheap. NoI will not
have @ porcelain bath Tub with hot and
cold water, but your bath will bee tut.
uisbCl you in q wooded barrel and the
water will De next 10 boiling. You will
be lucky d you get the FIRST bath, and at
many of the hotels, % You do not de-.
cilcdiy object, you will have some OF
the female servants of the establishment
aiding you in your dressing and uudrcss-
Ing, your soapIug and securing. You
eau cut down your railroad arcs by
going second class. The cars OF this
class are exceedingly comfortable They
have their seats running along underline
Windows like those of street car, aud
there i5 usually enough room so that
you can lie down aud take a nap during
the Journey There arc Refreshments Tor
sale al all Of the stations, and you can
gci snack with a tcapotlul OF tea Tor a
dime. The rich traveller will probably
pay = a day iOr q guide. but an gconom.
zeal miu will hire q student Tor about IS
a weck,o he will take a little translation
OF Japanese phrases with him aud get
along without the use Of a servant or
guide. You can travel with less Language
In Japan than IN any other unknown
country. The people are SO kind, and
they are quick to understand. You can
generally make your wants known by
signs, aud the almighty dollar Is the best
Of interpreters. When YOU have the
dollar and the other man wants IL. he
will boil his brains in every possible
way 10 hnd what he has TO do 10 get il.
As to professional guides, these speak
very good English. They have a trades
union OF their own, and they are TO be
found 40 all OF the biz hotels. They are
very bright, and the q a day rate which
the regular charge an over the couu.
trE includes their board, the traveller
having 20 pay only their railroad and
nrlkaha fares.
uurorrE.WAy TRAVEL.
The economical traveller who goes TO
Japan lpr p. sasury, and 10 see how the
people really live Will spend most Of his
time away from the big cities lie can
travel a lew miles from the railroad and
find himself in country which knows
nothing Oi foreigners. he will be
and the men, women and
children will tag after him aud look
upon him as a show They will not in.
suit him, nor will their curiosity be of.
'cnsiyc. lie will be treated az, a guest
and a friend, aud the shops and houses
will be open 10 him, These out.oithe.
ffhN NAAEN AAN hNAN AAhNA W NAANANkNIl Ah.
which are sort OF baby carriages
pulled by men. These will cost you
about a dollar a day, or he can hire one
Tor ten cents an hour The roads are
good, and Japan oilers great induce.
mcuis 10 the bicyclcs. The country Is
Iuil OF beautiful scenery, and long
walking excursions can be taken In the
mountains. The japanese themselves
are great WALKER. lhey make long
pigumages TO their most famous tenn
ples, ana Ia walking you do not lack
Tor companions. II you have a good
servant ne will cut down your expenses
for you, and will probably save you
more than his wages. In Japan there
are no hXed price,, Everything Is done
10y bargaining, and the people always
ask three times as much as they eN.
peCt to get. II Is desirable IN these
walking excursions TO get 10 the hotels
before sunset, IN order that YOU may
get the lirst bath. Il is customary Tor
the bathing water 10 be used over and
over again, and first come frs. served.
There isa good guide book OF Japan,
which Is published by Murray, and
which gives the prices aud routes all
over the country. By taking this you
can lay out your TIP beforehand, and
by allowing an hour Tor each Japanese
%. Or twenlyfour miles per day, You
can figure lust how long u will take you
10 carry out your walKing excursions or
bicycle tours.
TIM OUTFIT FOR JAPANESE TRAVEL.
the summer climate OF Japan Is very
much the same as that OF the United
States, and THIS may also be said OF the
winter The country Is about two
thousand miles long north to south, and
Il has all kinds Of weather. The same
clothes that are used In America can be
used for Japanese travel, though the
moist temperature OF the summer makes
lighter clothing desirable tor that time
ll ihc year. As to the buying OF clothes
.1r the trip, there Is no necessity for this.
One can take what he has and buy any
.llng he wants In Japan Tor much less
money than It would cost him here
The Chinese iailors whom you lind at
lll the japanese ports are as good as
those OF America, They import their
cloths from England, and you can
almost make your expenses by laying
In stock OF clothing. bought an
oyercoat OF the finest OF English beaver
lined with satin, IN Yokohama for 81,