The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
At JAPAN SHRl
Sights Worth Seeing IN the
pire's Temple Cities
Beautiful Scenery Of Nrkko ana
Flowery Great Yeddo In the csJ
ltal Well Repay visitos
for the -:xcurslon.

"Many feet are now treading fse1
way to the shrines In the temple cftto
of Japan" says the third Of q series
of bulletins from the. NATIONAL Get
ographic society on the places whdeet I
will be visited by members Of con-
gress on their trip to the Orient. +
Eager Americans will stroll along +
the shady streets Of Nikko to thek
tombs of the shoguns and drink IN TIE
indescribable beautiful scenery tbess \
Iips all the while murnuring the Jap. \
anese word kekko beautifully. whieA (
the Japanese say one never learns % l
pronounce until he has seen the del :
Of Nikko. In Tokyo, called the E7oW
cry Great Yeddo, the capital o. ne
empire, they will see the imperial PAL
ace and tie remains Of the former
glory of the shoguns, family OF ulk
itary governors who were the yiSfsA
rulers of Japan for several eentmtSAE
and in Kyoto they will probably geF
a confused, hazy idea Of one or two.
of the 800 Buddhist temples and S0a
Shinto shrines.
"Perhaps, too, in the temples 6
Tokyo a bit Of American pocket nssEs-
ey will 20 to a priest for printing
pretty prayer on a slip Of paper whien
the visitor, in true pilgrim fasMd1-
will press to his forehead ana 10 hfsa
breast and then fasten to the term
ple wall in order that 1t may be . pee-
petual petition. But then when there
are 10000 deities to whom devout Jsp-
anese write, few American pleas wiss
scarcely clog the celestial postal sert-
ice.
There will be many native pSIgr1ma
on the way to the shrines. During
the summer months, when the cToyD
lave been taken care Of, the yfl1sOs'
folk, though they have the Temples
of their own patron deity and the fox
god, feel that they must send ous .
pilgrim or two to the sacred mOuu-
tains and holy places Of Japan to-
worship in behalf Of those who ean-
not 20, and so they provide fund fer
his expenses. Nor does tie emfssasy
| travel In state. Life for him foeec
most Of Its perplexities. BE Ses
equipped with a cheap white coftoD'
shirt that can be easily washed, tgnt--
fitting trousers and a loose white cos--
ton Jacket which he tucks In with n
girdle. He wears an enormous brnao
stiff straw hat, and on his back he
carries a piece Of mating wfseh
i serves him as an umbrella by day an0
as q bed at night.
"In Nikko, though he does not come
especially to visit the tombs OK the
shoguns, he Ioafs and invites his sour
within the shadow Of the two greaf
mausolea of the founder OF tfse- hre
and his grandson, tie mercifess eDe-
nv of Christianity, which stand on the
side of the mountain. Up up, uI. ne
| climbs through courtyard and gzsracne
mast one splendor after another, uBtB
he reaches the beautiful temple aDd
the actual burial place OF a line 0f'
rulers who usurped the sovereignty Sx
the empire and held It for alroOss sfEe<s
centuries, making the few years COW
ering the glory Of Napoleon and SfoIn
we'll. insignificant indeed. when the
pilgrim reaches the top Of the nScufS
| tain he prays. Then he smokes pspe
or two and leisurely takes up his Jour
ney to the next shrine
"In August the pilgrim rolls on hAS
mat and the visitor from foreign lands
climbs out Of bed at the crack OF dRwn
to hear the lotus flower bloom, for the
buds burst with a pleasing charastsaf'
istic sound
"If NIkko Is the most beautfful' city
in Japan, Kyoto can he called the mosf
interesting. Here the feminine visitor
finds herself bewlldered by the Dose
exquIsitely wrought Of nll the eSdu'$--
lite pottery, cloisonne, bronzes inns.
and yelvets. After she has bepgnfi
more than she can comfortably get
home with. she probably will want n
see a bit OF the mikado's palace whatsA
covers over 25 acres Of ground and ~
surrounded by a great wall With stzi
gates, or journey out to see the mTs
est lake in Japan, Lake Biwa, and the,
| 1900 -year.old pine tree which standal
near IT,"