Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-12

cinatng city In Japan Is the ancient CAPT
tai, Kioto. IL Is absolutely tho heart OF
Japan, IL not the soul "Whnt Rome IL o.
Europe Kioto II 10 japan, says the guide,
who ~ n learned man. Hhc foreigner IL
not much seen here, and his Impress IN
rarely felt. Tho two vcmiforcign hotels
are under japanese management, and there
are not ten fin do steele structures I'm the
whole city. KiotO's people Gre sharply diff.
fercnt from those Of the treaty ports-hand-
soncr types are seen, and the politenoss IL
most genuine. The location Is simply su-
pcrb, the environments ever attractive.
With its horseshoe dome Of verdant noun.
tains, It's broad reaching river Kamo I'm its
center, its well paved, clean streets, its
wonderful temples, Its gncicnt castle and
palace and it's grimy agcs of tradition XII
otto is indeed IA spot well worth visiting.
Wayfarcrs arc all delighted with IL, and
the universal spontaneous expression OF
foreigners is that Kioto should be today
the capital of the empire. Tokyo Is vast
In area-a city of dust and distance. Ev-
erybody apparently lives five miles from
everybody else. Time Is lost In visiting
places of interest. Tho great modern gov
ernment buildings give the city's center a
most incongruous appearance-thc squal-
Id. d.acres of ancient frame structures inn
pinging upon the triumphs Of architec-
tural art "as the toe OF the peasant" might
"gall the courtier's kibe." On tho other
hand, Kioto sitting compactly upon a ievel
plain at the feet of her mountains, Is ac-
cessible, natural, clean, and, from an old
Japanese standpoint, "a perfect city.
Always beehive of industry, Kicto to-
day is buster than ever. Her national ex-
position is making her $50, 900 people un-
usually happy. This she calls this year
the "Heianscnto Kincnsai, Z" the cclebra-
tion Of the eleven 'hundredth sanniver-
sary OF the setting up OF the capital
by the fftieth emperor, Kwanmu. The
city, as tho French would say, IL today
stout pavoise." Every house has it's iris
ing sun" flag, uniform In size'and setting,
and each has in it's front protuberant
along miles and miles Of streets almost
arehed with banners and ut night tho col
ored lights fiji the city with radiance.
Great crowds of Turalists flock to the
wondrous show, wearing the 'garb fash
ioned thousand years ago and studying
everything with the. curiosity OF children.
TO all such foreigners are rarity. For a
party of Europeans 10 stop In front of a
shop is to draw crowd of staring adults
and happy faced children. They stare and
smile, but there is never any rudcness.
One feels that he IL giving much enjoy
ment, and he forgives all intrusion. Stop
ping yesterday in front Of a bamboo shop,
i soon had an audience Of as quaint look
ing beings rs ever my eyes rested on. The
early Jap, with his inverted bread bowl
hat, hhis leggings and his straw sandals,
was there, likewise the half naked cody,
the little child withe still smaller child
strapped on his back grinning girls, half
blind old people and the ever happy, bound
ing, big eyed boys. They gazed and CAB
bled and smiled and watched with pro-
found interest the deai with the youthful
bamboo worker. Having been subjected
to much Of this sort Of thing in Japan,
enjoyed the inspection greatly. / studied
the faces around me with interest
The one thing here which attracts uni
versal attention is the trolley railway line
extending from the Central railway station
to the exposition grounds. 1t is, of course,
an American institution, and it is well
constructed. Every car is packed from
morning till night, an0 crowds of people
line the track to see the cars go by. Tho
mysterious working of the electricity seems
to I'll thegruralists with awe, and one can
well imagine here the significance Of the
slang term "yap," as applied to our west
ern tOwD,visitors touched with timothy
and filled with inexperienoe This little
railway will be immensely profitable. 1t
shows what the future of the trolley will
be in the densely populated cities of ia
pan, which are fairly yearning for it, Alas
for the patient, tireless, trotting jinrikisha
mani
Viewed frosn our standpoint the exposi-
tion Is neither great nor gorgeous, but 1t
lis full of interest from first to last. 1t, !
100, is Japan. The buildings are large 4
airy and clean, and the grounds through N
out are perfect. All is orderly. With the
exception Of a few war panoramas on the
outskirts there are no faring diversions
no disgusting Midway plajsance shows.
1nTabrics the exposition excels. The cereal
department shows the wonderful resources
of gapan agricu'turally. In machinery
the initiative faculty of the people lis thor
oughly demonstrated / saw nothing new
or suggestive, but from clothes wringer to
printing press and dynamo 1 saw the nn-
erring evidence of Sheir skill and deternli-
nation to achieve.
The value of this exposition Is that IT.
shows the steady and the marvellous ad-
vancement OF Japan. 1t Is new Japan In.
deed. Those who SAW Its national fair 15 |
years ago are astounlfed by the develop |
ment and are busy wondering what the
next ID or 20 years will show. Another |
value is the educational one. The admis- |
sion price Is only sen. Everybody can |
go. On the two days that was there I |
ssw hundreds Of companies Of happy faced |
uniformed schoolboys going through the |
vnrious departments, each with notebook |
and pencil In hand, making careful mem
orapda of all that they saw. These young |
gentlemen will write essays on these won
derful things. The notebook seemed to be |
very popular with all salasscs. saw no
end OF elderly gentlemen going about max
Ing notes In the impressive manner of the |
country newspaper reporter. Their cleaned |
will no doubt be disseminated.
John A. Cockerill I'm New York Herald. |
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