The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-03
GLIMPSES OF JAPAN
BY REV. ". D. WEsTERvELT.

The upper allowed full
Of green hills opng up troubled vanishing into
dark background misty mountains From lofty peak
appeared seaked with filed canyons This the middle OF
June and the heat had spent wpng the
last vestiges of winter.
Between ship Shore frequently graceful
invariably accompanied by fishing boats Soon the
% Tokyo bay passed Miles and miles of stretched
the north dotted by thousands sanpa unk sailing and
ing craft OF all kinds Low, fat green oored islands, faced
from the sea- lay in the path of all incoming ships These the
channel forshowng but little artybu containing, in their
ece as powerful defen found the doorways of
nation The story told of prominent young politician legal light
OF Honolulu that he freely used his and freely called
to by the japanese Government escaped without much
loss except that of the photographs he had tried The Jap
anese jealous of any attempt photograph their forts
defen At Nagsak tourists forbidden carry
shore At Yokohama and Kobe objections raised and duty
charged the of the folders of the
steamship lines.
wahp Wisconsin which had sailed from Honolulu
four days before the Siberia steamed into Yokohama harbo
Pacific Mail Co.. and several launches belonging hotels
RED passengers ashore without Jnras lined the streets
looking like of wheeled baby carriages Passengers
seeing attractions The prices varied according the bargain which
nrkha man could make ordinarily % sen an hour from
ven day. yen equals so gold The
japanese call their cents when talking with foreigners but
they just twice Usually the puer the
exchange without charge dollar American for
ven japanese On shore there Will be discount of five
for each dollar With wentfour hours in Yokohama both
Tokyo and Yokohama be specifically looked small
pense Tokyo lies ride by railway, north of Yokohama
There first second third class and platform tickets Four
from the Siberia and The Preacher took second class
Of matched tiled houses with here and there temple and stone
cemetery factory of kind made the ride interesting
AT one point an electric hne connected with the railroad was
the only of the coast cities 1t branches OH to one
of the most noted temples of japan
and in fact everywhere continually found
japanese using fair English and willing mpart informal
ton and the time increase their Conversational English
The European much that 1t would be almost
proper to say was prevalent japanese member
irno owning shpard, said The European costume little
S I Do" Eve Una. S " NE t S fd F cotbes
bpf DdS EUplI
rapidly becoming the world language and he wants to be side by side
side with progress.
FORM boys of middle school clothes all same received
the ,n that Government schools of certain grade promoted
thus pupils into European uniform Government officials,
policemen soldiers well large numbers OF private
citizens had dropped the japanese appeared Europeans
The InDiai Palace Government Legation buildings schools
temples passed by while the nkha around Tokyo
The inha is nicely cushioned baby carriage top, and
strong springs The roads comparatively smooth The great
stone walls surrounded by the wide waterled moat crossed by
arced bridges all that be of the Imperial Palace
although pagoda stand like snin either end
of the extensive grounds permit from the American Legation
admission had there been time 1t Two
or three beyond lie the suburbs with the Imperial University
and mission schools Tokyo and Yokohama fairly
wide considering their use by lnrkshas ana loot passengers ne
freight be mentioned although the traveller few
First you meet little Jap with big grass hat rope
in his hand connects him with enky horse or OK e
burden covered with great punches OF padded harness the
pads sometimes thick The animals shoes tied with
thongs around the eok Then follows narrow wagon about
wide jnrkha and perhaps eight feet long The horse or OK
weats and along with load of about the and
weight that of another freight pulled and pushed by two
The work hard but easily responding to each other
peculiar "whoof from and wc from the other
different The absence of beasts OF burden the japanese
sea port Is quite noticeable
well the other of business explain the
fact that the japanese of Hawaii love the lazy life OF the small shop
iii, ,neaor profits Nothing American city business life com
~ with Japanese respect Here. paths along which
MI one inrksha can r crogdng the into doorway
ara red on all stalls of merchandise Lanes and streets
far into suburbs simply market crowded with
Is in which nnumerabe miscellaneous materials spread
sale Back of small raised place where the family
cats and sleeps nd children frequently
H. bnsness pounding silver work the jewellers
little fellows twelve old Scrapng shell 10 the
I are carving LEGS twisting and plating
or baskets On whole there apparently busy life wildly IN