Japan and the Japanese illustrated . fA. 181 bortlered with fine trees, whose interlacing brancliea form arcades like that of a Gothic^(^athedral. Through their foliage we distinguished a wide stone staircase, the suniuiitlost amid verdure. We ascended the staircase, wliith consists of one hundred steps very regularlylaid, to the top of the hill. On the right is another road, which crosses the. ^?L^tiCbn^.: TOKI UF ArA(ii>SA-YAMA. wooded slopes, and is composed of a series of staircases, with flat terraces providedwith irjwsoirs. A dilapidated oratory with two insignificant idols—one
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . fA. 181 bortlered with fine trees, whose interlacing brancliea form arcades like that of a Gothic^(^athedral. Through their foliage we distinguished a wide stone staircase, the suniuiitlost amid verdure. We ascended the staircase, wliith consists of one hundred steps very regularlylaid, to the top of the hill. On the right is another road, which crosses the. ^?L^tiCbn^.: TOKI UF ArA(ii>SA-YAMA. wooded slopes, and is composed of a series of staircases, with flat terraces providedwith irjwsoirs. A dilapidated oratory with two insignificant idols—one standing upon a lotus, theother seated upon a tortoise—with long covered galleries surrounding the tea-houses,occupies the summit of Atagosa-yama. The young waitresses of the house hasten to 182 LIFE IN JAPAN. serve lis with refreshments, and we take a few minvites rest before we approach thepavilions at the two extremities of the terrace. At length the moment has come when wc shall get a complete view of the greatcity. We begin at the southern pavilion, and we are at first dazzled by the extentand brilliancy of the picture. The sun is going down to the horizon in a cloudless
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