The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-25

atty as that shown in the plans for in
| ducing foreign travel. The Japanes
| people are so poor that the price O
everything must be extremely cheap
| Third-elass fare on the government
owned railroads of Japan is at presen
about half cent mile, but during thu
exposition this rate will be reduced
| so per cent. If a similar rate wa
| charged in the United States. the fart
| from New York to Chicago would bt
| 1925 instead of 500 The cost of liv
| ing for the provincial Japanese whC
visit Toxic will come inside of twenty.
FIVE cents a day for lodging and three
meals, and the price of admission te
the exposition will be only FIVE cents
for everybody.
The japanese common people are
great travellers when the accommo-
datfons are brought within their
means. and the cost of everything in
connection with the exposition will be
fixed in accordance with their ability
to pay. OF course the benefit of these
cheap rates will extend to the foreign
visitor as well. The Japanese custom
of making pilgrimages to the various
temples in the country is a great edu-
cational factor on account of the
knowledge the travellers accumulate
in their migrations. These trips are
taken each year just after the rice
planting in June, and after the har-
vest of the rice crop in September
Japan has already held five small in
ternaI expositions, and they were all
well patronized. The Osaka exposi-
ton lasted five months and the at
tendance was over $4,000 day, num-
Der more than twice as large as the
showing made at jamestown last sum-
mer. The Toxic exposition will last
for seven. months, and on account of
its size, cheapness and international
character, the attendance will exceed
all previous records,
The exposition will occupy three
hundred acres of ground. which will
lie in two tracts of about equal size.
One of these is an army parade ground
and the other is a part Of the En-
peror's estate. They are located three
quarters of mile apart, and will be
connected by a boulevard about 30
feet in width. On this thoroughfare
there will be a belt railway to provide
rapid transportation free to all.
Among the features never seen at
any other exposition will be a feuda1
tournament like those given by the
famed samurai warriors of Japan some
six hundred years ago. This viii con-
sist of contests in strength and skill
by the courtiers, fox hunting, falcon
ry, archery, and the elaborate Moo
dance, which is somewhat similar to
the ancient Greek musical dramas
Special exhibitions of all the principal
Oriental games and sports will be pro-
vided, and the period of the exposition
has been arranged to include the cher
ry blossom and chrysanthemum sea-
sons so that visitors may see the coun-
try at its prettiest and the people in
their holiday moods.
In order that the Japanese people
may have an object lesson in the kinds
of houses foreigners live in, the expo
sition management has requested all
the governments which intend to erect
special buildings to follow the style
Of architecture of their own countries.
1t was at first proposed to have cafes
and equipped after the
fashion of each country, but this sug-
gestion had to be abandoned because
the japanese could not afford the ex-
pensive food to which foreigners are
accustomed. The matter of providing
foreign amusements is also a problem
on account of the consideration of ex-
pense. Up to this time only two for
eign amusement enterprises have ap-
peared at any of the Japanese inter-
nal fairs. At Osaka there was a
small Russian circus which charged
twelve and a half cents; and Carmen
eta, the Spanish dancer, who gave
performances for a five-cent admis- |
sion Although these prices were abb
surdly low, these attractions played
to capacity from early until late. |
the strange foreign doings, and the |
spirit of Carmencita's flying heels is
still the subject of enthusiastic remi-
niscence among the yokels of inland
Japan. Such American attractions as
negro jubilee singers and dancers, |
and circus acts in which |
there is no talking, and the unique |
devices that have been so popular in |
the amusement parks in America I'M |
would prove great drawing |
cards on the Toxic Pike.
The Japanese exposition must also |
be looked upon by the foreign exhibit |
-or from a different point of view |
There are many kinds of good things
that have proved popular IN other |
countries that could not be used here
1t all. For instance it would be a