Queer things about Japan . Till llDwer-hawkiT ami Io bae/c on p. 4l>.. 0-Daikon—the honourable gigantic radish. STREET SCENES nichi-do at Nikko is let for lodgings. But theseglorious umbrellas which could be let as marketstalls in Paris are disappearing, because one of thecheapest forms of swagger in Japan is carrying aSarah Gamp. It does not really signify if it isonly a Japanese imitation: it is fashionable, andtherefore must be worn, just as a really stylishJapanese student thinks it necessary to spoil hischarming native costume by wearing a dirty greybowler resting on his ears, though a
Queer things about Japan . Till llDwer-hawkiT ami Io bae/c on p. 4l>.. 0-Daikon—the honourable gigantic radish. STREET SCENES nichi-do at Nikko is let for lodgings. But theseglorious umbrellas which could be let as marketstalls in Paris are disappearing, because one of thecheapest forms of swagger in Japan is carrying aSarah Gamp. It does not really signify if it isonly a Japanese imitation: it is fashionable, andtherefore must be worn, just as a really stylishJapanese student thinks it necessary to spoil hischarming native costume by wearing a dirty greybowler resting on his ears, though a Japanese headwas never meant to be covered. The coolies ideais much better,—when it is hot he takes his hat off,and ties a towel round his forehead to keep thesweat from running into his eyes. It is nowagainst the laws to go naked. Japanese interpretlaws very literally. Theatres and baths go togetherin the Japanese mind; and I went into a bath-house in Theatre Street one day, and saw a numberof persons of both sexes bathing stark-naked. * Ithought it was against t
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