Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-19
Busy Week Spent BY Hawaii
Party in Visiting Wonderful
and Historic Places
BY RILEY n. ALLEN.
IStan Correspondence

KY0T0, Japan. May 2. We
left. Nagoya shortly after O'Clock
/ on Tuesday morning and an all
day ride, with three-hour stop
at the ancient and historic town OF
Nara, brought us to Kyoto shortly
| after 4 O'Clock on the same afternoon.
Nara Is famous In Japan for its old
Buddhist temples and to all visitors
because Of the mHltitudes or tame
deer that wander unconcernedly
through the town and surrounding
fields. The presence of the deer Is
said to be due to the Buddhist es-
TEEN Of those who hove attained far
enough in the peculiar doctrines OF the
sect to be SO gentle and kind that
the deer win not flee from them. At
Nara the deer are as tame as cows
and considerably more familiar. They
are used to being fed kind Of ,oaten
cake sold everywhere I'm the town by
women who line the streets with their
booths or baskets. The deer insist on
being fed and after the visitor has
purchased the cakes he has no diff
Guilty In collecting around him herd
| or any desired dimensions.
1t was with real regret that the Ha.
wall party hurried through this quiet.
beautiful town. Though It is the mec-
a of thousands Of tourists and more
| thousands Of pilgrims, crowded most
| Of the year, II has managed to pre-
serve somehow serene and restful
atmosphere, the natural surroundings
are charming and often noble. and the
visitor inclined to dreams and con-
temptation may indulge to his or her
hearts content In some Of the many
beautiful shady walks around the re-
vered relics Of wonderful religious
past.
But time pressed and our train was
due. We hurried through q splendid
series Of temples, cast hasty
| glimpse at the largest image Of Bud
dha In all Japan CSC feet high and
housed In tremendous temple) and
raced to the station
Kyoto was reached before dusk and
we had our. first glimpse Of the for
mer capital of the empire. The
glimpse. however, was but fleeting
and mostly OF back streets, as we
drove to our hotel, the Kyoto. by the
shortest possible route. In Japan the
short cuts lead through multitude
of alleys and queer, narrow streets
THAT are always lined with little shops
land staring people. Even in tourist
haunted Kyoto the foreigner seems
still q novelty.
Hunt for Bargains.
The itinerary called for -four full
days In Kyoto, and was changed two
or. three times to include desirable
features, finally remaining about as
In the beginning. BY this time the
Hawaii party has about had its fill
OF temples, commercial museums and
'gikisha rides and is looking for diver
sions still more novel; OF course the.
feminine members of the party are
always able to spend time in the
cities, whose thousands Of shops are.
constant temptation and delight
Kyoto is known around the globe for.
tits silks and silk shops, It's damascene
ware, its lacquer and its embroideries..
Several Of the women from Hawaii
went on still hunts for mandarin.
coats, kimonos or other products Of
the silk looms OF the district, and the.
men looked longingly at the damas-l
cened cigarette cases, purses and
card cases.
Wednesday, was q day of sight
seeing and shopping. We visited sew
efai of the noted temples, hoary with
age and filled with sacred treasures
Among the most interesting seen
were the Kitano Tenjin in the north
west suburb, Shinto structure the
original part of which Is said to date
from Al. d. S63. The picturesque and
prettily situated Golden Pavilion Is
rot far from here, q Buddhist fame
some 235 years old. The pavilion Isl
small, three stories In height, the cell
Ing OF the third, story room still
showing some evidences Of having
been once covered with kalsomine
OF saOld. On the return trip to the
hotel for tiffin brief stop was made
at the lovely and remarkable gar
dens OF Mr.. ]. Kushina, q Kobe mer-
chant whose Kyoto azaleas and other
Towering beauties are widely known
and appreciated by connoisseurs as
well as laymen.
( The afternoon contained visits to-
the Komai damascene shops. silk
shops and lacquer factories and dis
play rooms. as well as an interesting
pottery, that OF 8. Kfnkozan Here
+ saw large autograph Of William
jennings Bryan, made when the Me-
braska statesman was on tour of
the world some years ago.
On Thursday the party was some
what divided. Two Of sus. G. b. Isen.
berg and myself, were Fortunate
enough to have ) an opportunity toj
make two-days' trip TO the monas-
terry village Of Koyasan, high up inl
the mountains and far from the ordi-
nary paths that tourists travel OF
this trip I shall have more to say
hereafter. We iourneyed with NJ.
Dreyfus- Barney. a French barristerI
whom we had met on the steamer
coming to Japan. and Baron and Bar
cness Franchon of Paris The visit
to the ancient and sequestered Bud
dhist monastery. with its splendid