The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-19
JINRIKISHA men
Have a Trick Of Making EItuI-
tiglatR Demands for Service.
GOOD ROOMS USUALLY IN HOTELS
Prices Very Reasonable
for Service.
Picturesque and Familiar Scenes
in the Shops Along the
Streets.
Especial Correspondence

EDITOR P. c. Ave left Yoko-
hama September ., having finished
our touring 10 the north OF that city,
and planning now to visit Myanoshita,
Kyoto and Osaka before taking the
steamship Gaelic at Kobe for the In
land Sea. Shanghai and Hong Kong.
As the competition Of various steamer
lines between Yokohama and Hong
Kong is greater than the amount of
travel. the additional cost of a round
trip ticket 10 Hong Kong beyond the
cost 10 Yokohama is ridiculously small
in consequence
Il was one OF the few pleasant days
We have had during our stay in Japan,
and one Of the many festival days OF
the japanese. Yokohama streets were
gay with flags. every store displaying
the red circle on white ground. fut-
tering from a bamboo pole, surmounted
by gilt ball Many passengers on our
train seemed to be leaving Yokohama
for q days outing in some Of the sea-
side resorts We wound our way
around the city, going slowly at first,
as men we're at work on the track.
doubling its capacity. The sides Of the
hills. newly cut away, were being sod
ded, men on bamboo ladders, pegging
long strips Of sod on the sloping cut.
The railroads in Japan are very sub
stantially built The stations are of
A led -,T-
on each side OF the road, elevated
about three feet above the track,
which nobody is allowed TO cross from
side 10 side, but must ascend tall stair
cases and so cross by bridges over the
tracks Equal care is taken with the
telegTaphs Every pole is capped with
8 conical piece of tin, and has a wire
for lightning conductor.
We left the main road at Kodzu. aft
er a two-hours' ride We transferred
ourselves and our baggage 10 tram
cars. and after half an hours waiting,
started of for an hours ride along the
village street. and then along the bank
Of the Hay 4 Kawa, "Hurrylng
Stream 10 Yamoto. where the ascent
10 Nyanoshita begins. For the remain
der CT the 10 miles from Kodzu, we
tain road as one finds in making a
trip TO the White Mountains. But
three coolies TO each jinrikisha rushed
us up 10 the FUjiya Hotel in an hour.
The vehicles pitched and rolled as bad
IL as the Kinau in the Alakahiki Chan
neI. but we were welcomed on arrival
by the host and his family, whom we
left to settle with the coolies, while
10 ~ Of -1H
corner room in the second story. The
coolies were inclined 70 be impudent,
asking money TO buy sake. 1t is get
ting TO be more common than IL used
70 be for these men TO disregard the
amenities Of life, and make travel dis
agreeable BY their demands outside of
the regular tariff laid down by law.
We have been fortunate in the rooms
we have had in the different hotels.
Corner rooms. with plenty Of light,
make life much more endurable than
in dark inner rooms. during the many
cloudy DAYS we have experienced on
this tour. In fact, every one says that
this Is an exceptionally rainy season.
But with the thermometer at 81 degrees
in the house. a sea-coal fire in the room
is a necessity as much as luxury.
Travelling is not expensive in Japan.
Railroad fares are not high, SO sen CSC
centsl for frst-class passengers is.
miles from Yokohama to Tokyo; los
niles 70 Mike for SIS Tor si.62), So
miles 70 Kyoto for 9.SS (S4.6D. Sec
on6-clasS fares are two-thirds Of these
rates. and third-class only one-third
as much. Even in frst-class cars smok-
ing Is SLOWED. except in a few, where
there are three compartments and the
middle one bears the sign, NO Smok-
Ing"
We found at Karuizawa the Manpei
Hotel very much like country tav-
ern in the States. vet we paid $50
lSl-T9 per day. The Grand Hotel at
Yokohama is a regular American cara
vsusery. the highest price for room
and hoard is $3.50 per day. This Flu
iva Hotel is as satisfactory as any we
have found. The table is well served.
the cooking Is IN dainty French style,
and indeed the cooks al all the hotels
claim 70 be French cooks. Afternoon
tea at 4 O'Clock Is served In the rooms;
and ii the Royal Hawaiian Hotel is 70
cater 10 Oriental travel this must be
one OF the customary things 20 be done.
The ride in the tram car past the
open fronts az stores and houses was
interesting as giving giimpses into
japanese home life and work. Wash
fnr was done In the open streamlet
that runs hy the side OF every Japanese
street in the country towns. Instead OF
ironing however, the wet clothes were
spread fat on smooth boards. and left
TO dry. very much as handkerchiets
are washed and spread on window
uanes hy some OF our knowing women
folk az home. The rude loom in which
the blue homespun Of Japan Is woven
was TO be seen in some dwellings. Jap