ISBN: | 9781150673290 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC |
Published: | 22 December, 2009 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: Collin's clear-type press Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI ACROSS JAPAN Momo-shiki no Though the people of the Omiyabito wa Great City Okaredo With its hundred towers Kokoro ni norite Be many, Omoyuru into ! Riding on my heart -- (Only) my beloved Sister ! The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs Thos. Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau. This via sacra is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses. The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a penchant for the spurious geisha, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities who offer the highest commission to the guides. There is always an air of petty conspiracy in the wake of every foreigner who visits the country. If he is a Japan enthusiast, he is amused by the naive ways, and accepts the conventional smile as the reflection of the heart of ' the happy, little Japs.' If he hates the country, he takes it for granted that extortion and villainy will accompany his steps. Geoffrey and Asako enjoyed immensely their introduction to Japan. The unpleasant experiences of Nagasaki were soon forgotten after their arrival at Kyoto, the ancient capital of the Mikado, where the charm of oldJapan still lingers. They were happy, innocent people, devoted to each other, easily pleased, and having heaps of money to spend. They were amused with everything, with the peop...
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