Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-27
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founts and pouring the holy tea into
the. tiny hands to hr rubbed upon the
mouth or forehead The ceremony is
peculiarly interesting
All Kamakura was Overrun with
pilgrims yesterday. In the first place
II was Buddha's birthday. in the
second place. thousands upon thou
sands OF Japanese from all PARTS Of
the empire are crOwding into Toxic
&nd Yokohama for the annual cherry
blossom festivals and parties, They
seize upon this opportunity 10 visit
the famous places of worship Of their
respective faiths.
At the Daibutsu Buddha the Hawai-
ian party gathered before the feet and
in the lap Of the great bronze image,
~ 10 feet high. and was photograph
ed by a Yokohama photographer
And right here it might he we'll to
say that Japan is no resDeCtOr Of pho
tOgraphers anywhere in the same part
~ the country with any kind Of a
fOrtification. Most OF the Kamakura
country is forbidden TO kodak carriers
because somewhere in the middle dis
lance there are some kind Of fOrtifica-
tiuns. Apparently no one knows
where they are, but all the officials
and there are officials everywhere
and all the guides know that taking
photos Is forbidden. You can carry
your camera but YOU can't use 1t With
safety. Personally. ! was in luck be-
cause before leaving Yokohoma ] had
40 &c r.,hn h,, 7 al
lowed to take photos at certain sDe-
Gifted points on condition that the
films be submitted to somebody in the
navy department The Yokohama
photographer Is allowed TO take your
camera and snap II for you in a few
restricted spots. and nv permit went
trifle further in that ! could use my
Cwn GrafleX wherever the Japanese
photographer could use his. How
ever, all large landscape views that
show the Toxic bay coast line around
this part of the country are absolute
" forbidden. because we were given
to understand there are emplacements
or something along the pine-clad
crests Of the bluffs overlooking the
sea.
II Is as If, tourists landing in Hon
olulu we're not allowed to take pic
lures of Diamond Head even from as
far away as Punchbowl. Under as
strict rule as is enforced here. no
photographs could be taken within a
mile at least of Pearl Harbor. not
even the picture of the shore line at
Waterfowl. The rule is politely but
quite firmly enforced, and all the
guides know it, I imagine that
guide who advised a tourist-under
the influence of a generous tip-to
take a chance" would probably be
made extremely sorry for his sport
ing spirit.
So at Daibutsu, various OF our party
who carried cameras regretfully put
them away One or two used ne as
sistanee of the Yokohama man. From
the eagerness with which the local
photographers and sellers of souvenir
postcards go after business. am in
clined to think that this rule of the
Japanese government is entirely
agreeable to them. They sell four
times as many souvenir cards as If
visitors were allowed to get all the
pictures they want
After visiting so many shrines that
we seemed to have done obeisance
before every divinity in Japanese re-
ligion, we jumped into rikshas and
were trotted off to the Kaihin-in hotel
at Kamakura And here awaited US
one of the very happy incidents that
are happening to us with remarkable
frequency. AS we alighted from our
rikshas, a pleasant-faced American
woman advanced to meet us and call