The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-31
(By J. D. GILLIAN

(By J. D. GILLIAN
The Japanese haverFaying. "SS
!fKikH a9d yap ca9ksaN ekko' (pa
lfed}bn) I; @ Vey. b lieve NikA
i with its wealth Of baF6aric shrin1
is the most beautiful spot on IT.
ena and there are some non-Nib
h Pf$4 who agree with them.
l. Nakeling down the west side \
the fifteen hundred-mile long islaft
iof Dai Nippon-great Japan-oti'
d passes aiongsb sncjllxities As Hirosa
d4s Il ess &aI3s nf }ats9i5a ass'
fehfya, nWAefe9h ssMdse 49tfaln ovXl
night at the native hotel. waiting fiji
lfth Grain Wqihe NiRk6 aHyland.
Maihs ssaddsd ,pae1bb ssdrgres1
hills the great Tokugawa chiefs, Iyi-
yasp and bis, grandson Iyemitsu, h3H
erected to their slowly perishi4k
glory the well-nigh imperishabHe
fanes, temples, shrines and other iM
posing monuments, highest products
of medieval barbaric splendor sought
out and famed for their unique bea8
ty the world over.
1s WithautosH hoeQ eraRhs she cannM
well, grasp, ZAP dt glimpse .otAeEYjse tM
piles and the piles OF these multi
e6Ioied, II sdFAgUn- covered, Gtfnt-tiled,
go1g eously odeaked leaves, roofs, gata1
Ways yysi+, topHriiist and pramenades1 und@I
frequent pylons scattered among THE
'semi-sacred aisles through avenues M
giant cryptomerias lining the ways
for seemfRgly endless miles. These
immense trees are evergreens not
greatly unlike the Sequoia Gigantea,
the big trees of the Yosemite and.
other portions of California. III
After having had the time We!
were to expend in the Nikko region
the multitudes of splendid
plaessrtripping it out to Lake Chl
senjT @where the many thousands OF
pilgrims were hiking it shrinewara
through the steady and unrelerting
storm all the day, we spent the last
night at Nikko hotel, where the beds
areSclean and the service good, i
hospice run by natives but in foreign
style. III
The morning arose with the sun
at its brightest inF that semi-tropi-
cal October and friend suggested
We take = pair, of richshas down the
line to Iaaicfi, the first station tos
wards tftsononifya, for We had to 90
through that place again to reach
Tokyo. Agreed" The ubiquitous
zuriman (rickshaman) was not fall
sas.hees.seRght..aatas of tthe,n
were at once SECURED and a rate
agreed for 5hshnp, 3 oaeUha ssfA
iants -each, for thS Journey, a four
iffe| j$uMois6pfhg gehtly down.
Grade. The first act of my man was
o divesp himself 81 ihB5 tflihleoat and
,Hroad-riimmlmed bamboo, hat, both Of
'yfb6iSe f ,6hS stqtfffedl fInt4a little aboX
tie arrang eme1ntt Back 81 my feeet Oh
he ffooF, Of m S LiiIi2R%atiapn' esa1rffiiaage:
e then had Rtoathing left, on h liHmbo baf
81 lisnE9aa gfh!5tg ssRirfS'6nfhfaAene aal
bbS6 Msy ia SAW gR thS S a9 d,.I htS
oQse1yt hung, baggy Knee bfeeches.
le needed no sandals 81 9theTfI form !
f shoe; soon his breath and his netR-
r garmeAts We're The same Both be
Ii. short PANTS iass He 4rotsetf fast and
ow faster aa1bfig etlf4t narrow higRa
IaS9 awifefe ffeVefo a. team OF q1erses I
ad' gone He carried HIS 'I4aRdk efI t
hief WIFI the dcbf9ief Sofdit bftl his t
iodthf sdnas ot6 Basable Quickly to t
dsho off The Z iieFitabaeh befspifation E
q ne Q ran! 9dT .Tod1sd dToY Wei all
srhes 9inffeksifa bib aIAaghdWheeled t
llaff q affaifd whfcKl e91ts ha6#nWar1 Y
afte P qttle as iTsBa-man 80 puts | i
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r f6f AtRe pas$ehga Tol 4alight f0r 1to il
ct ab6afR fu AThe WSrds lis Ri e64n2 Ie
5dhd 16f tires Ham esgns3h eds man, o
Kick sgt pull, ANA @sfa issnfachfney|
5ewe eaASe atffasritheT mahabatn- mas Il
ifhe. fYets iFos t9mfoftable' after T,
fe 9haS aeafhed1 10 fbaFahGen Himself h
Ifhes Start ana tsRe sddarely ana stflr Il
tfhet dfed6fbRfsdpeieh.o OF dose 2enl |,
fhisC shorts d9fh 6f tour miles tig +,
5ng one1 ST. the fine avenues Of skye s
Fapif7g' efyptBmefia trees which h
efe2planted ages ago ty some ofthe Il
lpanese notablesi fas Their Offering Hin
the 1Agmory tof theshoguhs of the, 0
3kugawa clans whose Bodies icr,lm- % o
ca SACK TO fheff original elements -
Rg fohg 'agos9lThese are coinmont =
Japan. 1tAtrthe"fiH wlfefeI The as % .,
mt IS Made 80 tie Shrine oatns ehdap =