Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-11
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CIRCLES TOKYO

A large Parseval dirigible airship
lowered and circled over Tokyo,
Japan, during the progress of the
naval maneuyeTs which took place in
Japan just prior to the departure of
the Pacific Mail liner Persia for Hon.
oIulu and San Francisco. =
One account received here from an
eye witness states that the airship
was manned ty six naval and military
officers, including Captain Masuda,
who acted as captain of the airship;
Naval Captain Yamshita, who acted
as chief engineer; Major General
lnouye and others
t. At 1907 p. m. the airship rose into
the air at Tokorozawa to a height of
800 meters. Maintaining this altitude
the dirigible travelled in a soHtheaster-
Iy direction, and arriving at Tanashi
MACH at 3:2l p. m, proceeded to-
wards Nakano At the Nakano sta
ton the crew Of the airship dropped
a letter which was picked up by the
officials of the station. II then
emerged at Yodobashi, and passing
over the water reservoir, glided on
to the Shinjiku detached palace.
whence it travelled to the Aoyama I'M
periaI Shrine, then towards the Aoya-
ma Imperial Palace. From this point
it proceeded to Shiba, and passing
over the Advertiser office and Hibiya
park proceeded to Gofukubashi,. o
FChano midZubashi and Iiba-bashi, and
then entering the Waseda district the
aerial craft returned to Nakano.
The time spent in the circuit of
Tokyo was % minutes. From Nakano
the airship glided over the railway
line and changing its course at Tana-
sbi, safely arrived at Tokoroeawa;
where after making a large circuit,
1T descended in safety. An hour and
forty minutes were required for the
whole journey, the distance covered
being 81 ri Tor about So miles,. This
is new record established i'm the
Japanese aeIonautic world.
Tokyo as Seen From Above.
Major General lnouye, one of the
crew aboard the dirigible, is quoted rs
follows: H." -. .."..=ze
AT height of 300 meters we could
command a complete view of the vast
plain of Musashi, dotted here and
there with picturesque groves AMI
mountains and streaked with rivers.
The. beauty of the sight cannot be
imagined Ey any person who has not
flown over the district The most
beautiful sights in Tokyo as seen.froIn
above were the reservoir at Yonoba-
shi, the sea off Shinagawa, the river
.Sumida, etc. Within the city limits
the residential quarters at Oeicho in
Akasaka wood were among the most
picturesque. The capital, seen from
above, appeared just like great map
dotted with numerous little houses.
In the commercial quarters such IS
Nihonbashi and Kyobashi, we could
clearly make out the streets, and also
recognize large, public buildings AMI
Offices; but I'm the residential quarters
the trees were SO numerous that the
spectacle below, was somewhat dim.
We looked down upon the Imperial
Palace enclosure but 1t was SO thick
~ wooded that we could not distiIl-
guish any object. The citizens. of To-
kyo appeared to be standing still in#
the streets instead of walking along.
1t is stated that the emperor and
the empress and their sons watched
the fight of the airship was great in
terest. -+.~ 49, ia - 25.s
The same dirigible also made sue.
cessful flight near Nakano YESTERDAY.
A long circuit of so miles was effect
ed within 40 minutes. The weather
being ideal, no hitch was experienced
in this second experiment. During
this aerial voyage Captain Masudae is
reported to have taken snapshot pic
tnre of a group of children in the play
ground of school at Higashi .Maru-
yarla. 49,. + :