The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-11-05
JAPANESE HAVE
QUIET HOLIDAY
CFrom Mondays Advertiser.)


The celebration of the birthday of
the japanese Emperor yesterday was
the quietest affair of its kind which
has ever been seen in this city since
the japanese have been living here in
large numbers. According to certain
members of that nationality, the times
here are not good among the Japanese
since the passage of the immigration
act. though this seems hard to ex-
plain, and there were few of the fes-
tivities, which ordinarily take place, to
be found last night
During the day celebration took
place to some extent, though, with the
exception of the festival Cor the Jap
anese school children, there was no
gathering in which many were present.
The fact that the saloons were closed
on account of its being Sunday, prof.
ably had more to do with the quie.-
ness of the day than anything else.
The supplies of sake ran out early, AKA
at the Palama Japanese fisherman's
camp, where the noisest crowd general
ly gathers, there was little doing last
night, though a few small parties of
ten or twelve Japanese enjoyed them
selves with music and plenty to eat
and drink till a late hour.
The most interesting feature of the
day was the school children's festival.
The pupils in the Buddhist, Okamura,
Kakaako and Nuuanu avenue schools
to the number of nearly 500, gathered
at the Japanese consulate, corner of
Beretania and Fort street, at about 10
o'clock in the morning, and were
shown the picture of the Emperor,
which they greeted with cheers and
then by the singing of the national
anthem, ''Kimi Ga Yo"
They adjourned by special cars to
Kapiolani Park, where, in spite of the
rain, they enjoyed themselves with a
japanese field day. Races of all kinds
were the principal feature of the occa-
sion. the small girls wing with their
rothers for prizes, which ran all the
way from packages of many colored
japanese candy to drums, accordions
and other musical instruments which
have no names in English. One of the
noticeable features was that in the
center of the roped-off space in which
the athletic exercise took place, there
was a pole bearing the Japanese flag,
but with the Star and Stripes waving
above it.
Today the formal reception at the
residence of Consul Mkt Saito will be
given. 1t is not a public affair and
only Japanese have been invited,
though it may be considered the most
important of the two or three days
festivities which will take place. Tues
day night the Japanese Merchants
Association of Honolulu will give a
reception at the Mochizuki Club. at
Waikiki Beach, TO which many of the
leading citizens of the city have been
invited, as we'll as all the Japanese
of prominence.
Both today and tomorrow. though
not officially holidays, are considered
as such by the local and plantation
Japanese and there will be little work
done by that nationality till Wednes-
day. There were few of the Japanese
from the plantations in the city yes
terday, but it is expected that they |
will come in today in much larger
numbers, and that there will be many
private gatherings of all kinds in the |
homes of the Honolulu residents from |
The Land of the Rising Sum-