The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10
Japan a Pleasant Land to Travel
In, Even Outside of the Cities
lyCu
in Honoro of Ancesto

R FRANK FOXWORTHY, of this
city, was for two years an army
surgeon in Manila, and after leav
kS3l ing the service he made quite an
49, extensive trip through the orient
which extended in and about Japan, where
he made a close study of the people and
their customs DR.. Foxworthy's trip was
from Nsgasak TO Mike and then back by
the inland sea, which is one of the greatest
sights of that country. DR.. Foxworthy
has been taking much interest in the war
between Japan and Russia. for he has great
faith in the lighting qualities of the little
Japs. in talking recently to a representa-
tive of the Journal about the country he
said:
Japan is one of the most beautiful coun-
tries 1 ever saw and is an admirable place
for tourists from the fact that one can
travel there with little inconvenience and
is not overcharged for everything 1 made
the trip. and for one month it only cost
me SO. which included my hotel bill, rail-
road fare ana expenses for a guide, who
also acted as interpreter.
Did you make the trip alone?"
mo; with me was Congressman E J.
Hill. of Norwalk, Conn, who was thare
studying the commercial and manufactur-
ing advantages which that country offered.
He and 1 visited all the large manufactur
ing concerns and through our interpreter
talked with the laboring classes directly
in all the places we visited.
ut was in 1901 when / was over there,
and, of course, while they are making ad-
vances all the time things now are practi-
cally they were then. We came into
the Nagasaki harbor which, of course. as
everyone knows. is one of the largest in
the world. and it is there that the Japa-
nese have their naval fortifcations. In that
harbor one sees ships from all over the
world, and it certainly presents a very
unique sight 1 remember distinctly when
was there a number of Russian ships were
plying about and l thought that they were
the filthest things that 1 ever saw. They
were simply reeking with dirt"
He was asked if he visited the naval forti-
ficatons while there.
No answered DR.. Foxworthy. "No for
eigners are permitted to do so. The Japa-
nese are very strict about this and there
are few, if any, exceptions made to the rule
The harbor is very long and it took us
something over two hours to enter it. 1,
docks that they have there and the big
navy yard where the majority of the
japanese warships are built"
did you remain i'm that city long?"
81 spent little time in the cities. For
there you cannot see the JapS as they really
are. In the larger cities and around the
treaty ports the natives come in contact
with so many foreigners and they are such
apt imitators that they lose their original
manners and seem more like the people of
other countries; for that reason L spent
most of the time in the interior, where you
see the people as they really are.
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
ITO an American these people following
their native customs are very interesting,
and the scenery, which is the finest there
is in any of the Eastern countries. also ap-
peals. to any one who can appreciate the
beautiful. Speaking of natural scenery, l
think one of the greatest sights is that of
Fujiama, which is a mountain rising 1900
feet out of the level plain. This can be