A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . e springs in pipes made ofbamboo poles. Punch the pith out, and these poles makea good strong water pipe. As our time in Japan waslimited, we were compelled to leave for Yokohama afterone day at this delightful place; we would have been gladto spend a week here. One day, we made a trip from Yokohama to Kamakura,a few miles by rail. The first thing we saw there was thetemple of war, Hachiman; this is reached by jinriksha ina few minutes from the station, passing through the mainstreet of the city. The approach of this temple is up threebroad flights of st
A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . e springs in pipes made ofbamboo poles. Punch the pith out, and these poles makea good strong water pipe. As our time in Japan waslimited, we were compelled to leave for Yokohama afterone day at this delightful place; we would have been gladto spend a week here. One day, we made a trip from Yokohama to Kamakura,a few miles by rail. The first thing we saw there was thetemple of war, Hachiman; this is reached by jinriksha ina few minutes from the station, passing through the mainstreet of the city. The approach of this temple is up threebroad flights of steps, very high. In going up, we saw theIcho tree, very large, about seven feet in diameter, and ahundred feet high, said to be a thousand years old; it isstill vigorous and seems to be good for another thousandyears. The temple is seven hundred years old and has acorridor running all the way around it, in which are placedmany of the war curios, such as coats of armor, spears,shields, guns, several miniature temples, which look much 195. like the Ark of the Covenant which the Israehtes had inancient times; they may have been patterned after are carried on bamboo poles by four men during pro-cessions, and are popularly supposed to contain a did not enter this temple, as it was closed on accountof a holiday (we simply walked through the corridor), butit seemes to be much in need of repairs and paint. Thenwe went about a mile through the city to see the wellknown image of Daibutsu; this colossal bronze statue, orBuddha idol, is situated in an open garden; originallythere was a temple built over it, and the stone foundationsare in view now, but the temple was swept away by a tidalwave, and rebuilt, to be again swept away, and has sincebeen exposed to the sun and storms for centuries. Thestatue is located only a little above sea level and about amile from the sea; it is the greatest of the idols in Japan,and the photograph of it is well known to all readers ofJapanese
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