Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-22
PARTY
RETURNSFROM
|. TRIP TO JAPAN
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lowed on the island, .expectant moth
ers and dying people being sent %
the mainland nearby. a short and easy
trip. The island is wonderfully beau
tifnl and serene. set in the midst Of
the lovely Southern Sea. and q strik-
ing contrast to the hubbuh and mod
ern hustle of Kobe and Osaka. visits
to which Immediately preceded that
to Miyaiima. The Hawaii party spent
from the afternoon of Wednesday,
May 6, to the morning Of Saturday.
May 8, at Miyaiima, including the
days trip to Hiroshima nearby.
The enchanting Inland Sea trip to
Miyajima all that previous expecta-
ton had pictured. Four of the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mott-Smith. Mr.. Mathe-
son and Miss Summers, made part Of
the Journey by rail. joining the main
party at the little port Of Itozaki.
The sea trip was made by the small
but speedy and comfortable Osaka
Shosen Kaisha liner Oigawa Maru.
When the party embarked on this
steamer at Kobe, there was q pleas
ant surprise in the form Of Senior
Ignacio de Arana, former consul for
Spain in Hawaii He left Honolulu q
few weeks ago and spent week or
two in Japan on his way home to
Spain and he was q fellow-passenger
with the Hawaii party on the Inland
Sea trip. With him was Herr JOS
eph Goricar, consul general for Aus
tria at San Francisco and now on
his way to Europe for vacation.
They went to Miyaiima for a two
days stay.
Final Days Ia Yokohama.
The party left Miyajima shortly aft.
ernoon on Hay and boarded a spe-
cial car for Yokohama, making q
straight 24-hour run to the seaport
The final days were taken up with
shopping and the Toxic and Yoko.
hama social functions.
TWO Birthdays Celebrated.
On Monday evening, May IL, a
birthday surprise party was given
for Mr.. Mott-Smith, whose forty-first
birthday occurred next day. This Is
the second birthday celebration for q
member OF the Hawaii party, Mrs.
Scott having been given surprise
on her birthday, which cause while
the party was in Toxic. Both events
were quite informal, the happy fam
ilys joining in good wishes and toasts
to the celebrants. There were many
little affairs of this sort throughout
the trip, which was an unusually
pleasant one. No one was I'll at any
time, with the exception of an indis,
position, happily brief, from which
Mr.. Kennedy suffered on the home.
ward voyage. All the members OF
the party return in excellent health
and most of them confess to having
gained materially in weight, the re-
suit of many excellent luncheons and
dinners In hospitable Japan
The voyage home was enlivened by
sports and entertainment, in which
the Hawaii party was active.
Farewell to Japan Noteworthy
The most noteworthy event OF the
homeward journey was the farewell
given the departing visitors when the
Shinyo MaEu sailed from Yokohama.
President Asano and General Man.
ager Isaka babe goodby to the excnr-
sionists and scores Of Japanees ON.
Gals and business men added their
good wishes and "bon voyages. A.
crowd of several hundred people on
the dock joined in a hearty chorus OF
.banzail" as the big steamer swung
into the stream and headed out Of
the harbor. The numerous little riki.i
sha flags used by the HaWaiians dur
ing their various trips a.wheel where
distributed all around and for q long
while after the steamer moved out,
the gay little banners huttered from
ship to shore and from dock to dock,
friend answering the salute OF friend.
1t was an appropriate farewell at the
end of a trip made memorable by the
pleasant hospitality Of all the Japa.
nese and foreign residents with whom
the party came in contact.