Identifier: glimpseofislesof00whee (find matches)
Title: A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, William Webb, 1845- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (St. Joseph, Mo., Hardman press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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located on a small hill ashort distance from Daibutsu. It contains the great imageof the Goddess of Mercy, which is kept behind folding-doors. By paying the attendant a small fee, he opened thedoors and lit up tallow candles for us to see the Goddess.She is thirty feet, five and one-half inches tall, is made ofcamphor wood covered with brown lacquer, and gildedover—looks like bronze. Although 1178 years of age,time has dealt gently with her, and she still has a placid,pleasant look for all who will pay for the candle to see herface. After a good lunch and rest for an hour at the hotel,we again took our rikshas for a pleasant ride of half anhour through the hills to the sea-shore electric tram, whichruns around by the beautiful summer resort, EnoshimaIsland, which is connected to the mainland by trestlebridge. It is one hundred feet above the sea, with rockybluffs on all sides, except towards the mainland and iscovered with summer homes of Japanese, also a good hotelfor tourists. 199
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One night, while in Yokohama, we went out to viewthe Japanese HoHday FestivaL These festivals occur onthe first, fifteenth, eighth and twelfth of each month, andare observed by decorating their homes and store-frontswith Japanese lanterns, by social visiting, and by the shopsin greater display of goods inside, and on streets, for thereare no sidewalks in Japan, We walked at least a milethrough the street, densely packed wath a moving mass oflaughing, chatting, good-natured Japs—men, women andchildren—some pegging along with wooden sandals raisedon strips of wood about three inches high, making arattling noise against the pebbles as they shuffled theirsandals, many others walking silently with straw sandals,their costumes varying greatly, some wearing the fullOriental Japanese dress, and others wearing American styleclothing. Many divide it and wear an American hat andcoat, with bare legs, and feet with Japanese sandals. Otherswear American shoes and hat, with Japanese kimono. Anym

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