Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-30
kILLOCH LETTERS FROM ABROAD.
Japan-Brsh Exposition and London History, Architec- ture Fun, Industries and Advance of Nippon Served Up Instead of London.

Shepherds Bush is the name of a suburb of London which is singular misnomtr. for no bush nor rural shep- herd tending sheep in sylvan dell or on rocky heights are seen. It is the expansion of the great city with urban architecture of palaces and avenues and vast emporiums of trade and in dustry along crowded streets.
 Shepherds Bush is this season the scene Of the Japan British exhibition. which will rank with the worlds great expositfons.
 We eptered on our return from day at Hampton court and the Royal Kew gardens, toward dusk, thinking to shop an hour or so and hurry home to our evening dinner at White Hall our hotel.
 !. But both the vastness and fascina- tions of the exhibition make us lose track of passing time and remain far into the night. Japan is here repro duced in startling reality. Replicas or oriental temples, palaces and gar dens are actually here so as to inn press one as if transported al the touch of 8 m siciaR'S wand to the far distant Nippon of the rising sun.
 We met several persons here who have visited Japan and declare this to be wonderful bringing of the opposite shores of the eastern hemi- sphere together, and they could cas- fly believe that they were really in Japan itself. A pamphlet guide for a shilling is a necessity That gives a list of nearly two hundred buildings and separate objects of interest.
 A tram takes one around the entire grounds, giving some idea both of the vastness of the enterprise and also the general geogra phy of it.
 We cannot explore everything nor particularize, so select a few as sam ples to visit. For instance we take the Ainu home, a race which ancient ly held the relation to the Japanese as did formerly the Saxons to the Normans. The history of this declin- ing race is similar to our American Indians. They were gradually pushed off from Nippon to the island of ego, where the remnant of 10000 now dwell. We see a family of three generations in their bamboo huts. cooking. eat and they are at home for our calls. They kindly shake hands and bend low in their own sa1aam.
 The lagoon, the cascade, the court of honor the garden of peace. the inn perial tower, the many white halls and palaces finished in stucco remind us of the magical White City on the shores of the lake at Chicago in 1893.
 There are masterpieces of Japanese art here which rival the art of Eu- rope. The specimens of their indus tries show wonderful advances with in the ha1f-century since that island and barbarous, was opened to the commerce and civilization of the world.
 The history of the 2.50O years of Nippon is faithfully declineated by panoramiv tableaux in Historical hall. reaching back to Ashikaga era and bringing the history down to date. There is a Samurai family partakfng of a dinner in the Momoyama peril cd. They were the warrior caste. There is a cherry blossom picnic. il- frustrating the Tokugawu period They were the pastoral caste of the rural farms So the Nara, the Hedan and other periods are represented in realistic tableaux.
 Will Adams was the first English man to reside in Japan. He was pilot of the Dutch East India company. ID 1898 he set sail with an expedition of five ships for trade with the Spanish. The "Liefde," on which he was, was wrecked off the shore of Nippon and he was cast on the mercy of the ma