The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02

INC kamaRoma Dance. which is riycp
i ast =, eI ,hn as Ions , as the nowcrs
arc several great festivals In May: tho
noisy one. Of the Sacred Cars is one of
"a mem M, ana the ancient and stately one
OF Aoi. on the 10th June. gives them
vGrE highly cultivated variety of iris,
which one should go TO Shogeo.Jl TO
sec; also the trick riding of the farm
crs and the Kami-G arno Festival July
SHOWS the lotus blooming in all its
! EloTy on every temple lake. and then
IS IS aeld the most famous of All tho
| IT lasts from the 18th TO tho 23d. and ia
| most interesting. In August the lotus
SUI blooms. and in all the villages
| ing up every hillside as brightly az
possible to scare away evil spirits
aeptembcr brings the bush clover, and
the Iiachiman-gu Festival at Yama
| SAX on the 18th. October means beau
| 1ltul. cool weather. and the national
| ROVER. chrSSanthemums---m agniticcnt
also the Daiinyo Yroccssion which do
lights all foreigners by It's fcudal and
| Eastern charm.
i; n nsn ~ or means NAPLES for all
make their annual pilgrimage to tho
| valley Of Naples. and for a week have
1ia l,, on rs NJ, -kwai Festival al the
ber has no flowers, but one great
virtue. for then ali Japan paws its
ncDts. at any sacrifice. ENyoto has Il
/
ing with a large class of danseuses al
| ways. and an orchestra OF old women
with drums, bells and samisen, seated
f, one half on one side of the stage
one half on the other There one can
see the old country dances of japan
the Mibu Kyogen Spring Dance, the
hok usai autumn onc-very curious SUR
! Nivals indeed: very ancient. utterly UNI
Ike anything else anywhere else. For
cigncrs are charmed by them. Kyoto
has It's university, high, normal iu
. n = 10 II <..l,t
cation there is compulsory. 1t has q
hnndrcl banks. The streets arc very
narrow the shop fronts Very pic
| eight hours day for two years one
can learn to speak little Japanese.
but the written characters some mis-
| slonary said he knew had been in
vented by Satan himself. Some OF the
hotels have every European comfort
| You can buy your tickets and check
your luggage in them.
day. and never touched save by the
postal authorities. The state owns
the railroads and operates them very
and buffets, and one is saved all trouble
about luggage and tickets by the we'll
trained oficials, SO that one travels
about the same expense as. in our own
country. The intending visitor ought
to allow at least, a fortnight to be
tSpent IN kyoto. which is full OF inter
est. The. place is noted for its beauti
ful temples and their lovely gardens
Inc, ine long, graceful. inward curvins
and marvclously carved and lacquer
| cd temple that he secs. set against
deen blue Japanese sky. he will Ger
I l>yoto are the Buddhist monastery the
| Awata Palace. tho silver PAVILION. the
| sold PAVILION tho imperial palace with
geological gardens school for fencing
and juiitsu, the trim BY rick To
Lake BriXa, returning by boat through
| the canal and tunnels: Nijo Castle.
1.-THE Commercial Museum. Imperial Mu-
scum, the temple with the 1000 images
i OF the Goddess kwannon, the iiougwan
IJcmpleS, the llatSur;l Summer Palace.
me excursions 70 Nara and 'rakao tho
| vi shrine OF the Shintos, where the
| sons Of Heaven worship their illus
| trious ancestors while standing on
cal tn brought especially for the pur-
| pose. Outside arc two famous clumns
| 81 bamboo, and the sliding screens in
,hirtX,two Chinese saSes. The throne
| is inlaid with mother OF pearl The
! eighteen steps leading down into the
| courtyard arc symbolic of the ciEh-
teen ranks OF Japanese nobility The
/, + ogosko. where the Emperor used TO
receive guests. Is very near. with its
/ pedigree goes back 10 go T; G.. ana
1 tho Emperor is Infinitely vcneratcd hv
nis subjects; Then The t"uris, mus
| stronSholds Of the ShoEuns. 500 years
old. and one Of tile most Characteristic.
and interestinG OF all. II is GorgeouslS
pies Of metal work. the paintings Oh
the screens and doors. boushs of cher:
ry against a gold background. the fa
| nous Met Heron" hollyhocks, and the
/ sleeping sparrows on a snow laden
| branch" are counted among the treas
! ures of Japan. The kaisura Palace,
with its bamboo stage for gazing AT the
moon, Will repay. you, and its architcc-
ture. is so beautiful That the Japanese
~, II TO one Of their deities-
! The Shimo- Gamo Temple garden has
q huge double tree grown into one.
which married women in Japan wor-
| snip as elnblematic OF perfect welded
| happiness. In Southeast 1[yoto is ti.
historic SPOT where a huge warrior in
| full armor was buried TO forever guar!
the Capitol. The big bell of Chon-in,
! the gigantic Buddhn. Tea Pot Lane.
| where The Fascinating porcelain is sold.
| Theatre street. the GayeSt in IIyoto
the Temple Of i!yei-zan. whose priest
Tie Emperor said that .'hc could con
/ trol everything in japan eXccpt tic
kuno. River and he priests of that
/ order" arc only SURPASSED in interest
! by tho Temple of Shotoku, on whose
! we'll are two Japanese idcographs that
/ mean "Israel'-a fact now being in
yestisatcd by q learned rabbi OF Lon
con. The most modern OF all the ten
1 pies IL the paishi-dO GS25) THE
| Women of Japan sacrificed their hail
! 10 make the big coils Of rope used to
80" NV 'it!i!ci9 iitn position. Inere
are tWeniN-ninc Of them. each ninety
| feet long and nine inches in circmm-
| ference! And the whole temple avas
| built hv popular subscription not BY
! TING arbitrary Will of some chcftain
! prince or emperor, Some idea of the
! POWER thcy exercised in past ccntu-
! iies IS given BY seeing the mountain
| opposite one OF the Imperial palaces
which one Of tho !Inpcrors had covered.
! With white silk completely one sum
I! nier. hat he might gel the effect of
+! snow in tho landscape that he saw
1 from his palacc. Even now. tho En-
| l.cror Of Japan is a'lorcd by the greater
| part of his subjects as deity.
| 0Snln
! You would step from old Japan into
| ihc new by going only from kynto
! TO Osaka twenty-siN niles. which
! Is the great manufacturing centre OF
/ inc whole empire. and has n poul-