. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. ng them. Below, where their gnarledand rugged bodies stand out in bold relief, smaller trees and shrubs fill inthe spaces, as if it were forbidden that the curious gaze of the sightseershould look upon the palace within. High walls encircle the hill, a gatenow and then offering entrance to the imperial grounds. Lower down,green banks slope away to the edge of the moat, where flocks of wildducks swim and float on the briti-ht waters without fear, for no
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. ng them. Below, where their gnarledand rugged bodies stand out in bold relief, smaller trees and shrubs fill inthe spaces, as if it were forbidden that the curious gaze of the sightseershould look upon the palace within. High walls encircle the hill, a gatenow and then offering entrance to the imperial grounds. Lower down,green banks slope away to the edge of the moat, where flocks of wildducks swim and float on the briti-ht waters without fear, for no shot is 350 THE FAR EAST. allowed to be fired within sound of the royal palace embowered in thepines and cherries. A place of interest, which no tourist fails to visit, is Aasakusa Park,where is to be seen that Chinese importation, the pagoda, and the greattower, with its bell that is rung at regular intervals until its resonant toneis heard all over the city. Here is to be found the Temple of Aasakusa,dedicated to Kwaunou, an image of unknown anti(|uity, never seen, butworshipped with great display of reverence. It is said to have been. CHERRY RANK, TOKVO. caught in the net of a nobleman fishing off the coast, and is only an inchand three-fourths in height. Perhaps the remarkable difference betweenthe size of the deity and the greatness of the temple is the most observedfeature of the place. Another place of note and beauty is the cherry bank of Koganei, anavenue two and a half miles in length along the canal, and lined withcherry-trees. In Ai)ril. when these flowering trees are radiant withblossoms, no fairer sight can be seen even in Japan. No other people canappreciate them as the Japanese, and for centuries their poets have sungtheir j^raises and their artists painted their Ijeauties. What the rose is to JAPAN. 351 the people of America, the cherry is to the Land of the Rising Sun, andthe time of their blossoming is made a season of national festival. Vastnumbers of admiri
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