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Thiに"thき"cond pctrtof cT series Writ,en fof T" New C加odicm by Mr. Ne,l Phillips on h" visit to the "Lartd of God I", Izwmo. T h), piece wれinfrdducedtousbytheRev: Hi rem H. K加o 一 "S<Hnt of Nebrosko."
By NEIL P肌LIPS ,
A"crぁi"eakfastToshiひml I 、、で"to (1)eo的ceofthe-,Tapb" ■Tourist Bureau. :tQ by out- om'國.ititlqi'ayy.: ..As, 、": 、<^)~Q_lgi|vh、ff th&:
the: sun'was.: shining, atノa. good ,811&16、0.ひ:1116.)"6^1も.:1?»1<:61..1訂311<1'thす t'wiste(ト'pine■■ tree.'■■■ Several'.of the.nwi(ls':&ppeare{i:--jiii(l:-^.oU,fh'e ::prch .pdetress,- 、vHh' a:、vi,minにbaby boy iii:—.hei'::ai'i-、、s...They:prot6$ted.ai"l, giggled .ami adored bei"g'. put ..into. ■ th<i':. 1)hotoぉ"ip1、.
On. the:' way to:.the ■ ■ Tourist :B.u.re-au,-,な,ケsh.i,: and: I,, reachお^ ::an, .:u mlel'standing..:.lie'., comes :from ■■this,:i^ai::r6t:'No.i^:t));pi:":::.g{).p:s.|yj,::、-ibi.wt_
'be.: a--ぶiUrisfactory.giU(fG.'.fQi.:the. plac々s…hei.b.ab'Qutセ.::A!s:o,he 、c?irm.oe •'.imderstdml、why.、l-.ha、'e' elected' to 'co;mc.':t0:-:IVIjit.s.ue,'(ゅougii.-he,'ー;、
l»-esserf. hお-.doubts, ノvery:: politely):ヽ、^htmノ r:coUld ':bに;visiUng,:the'b.ほ' -i"odenV'Japanese■ cit-ics :likeカtheiにp,i.Qgi;essive:.tQm'ぉt.?.:: Umtei.n:e(U'h .-his .courtesy., Toshi'must have 、vomlei'c(!:ぱjwiiさn'.fa.1ittlebit.-l-6onej:.ノ -■He 、、viは、i'acice(i' by. a feeli ng'of'iiiadequt^t.: toId ..hi, m. thiit' I 'co.uld
SCO 'vast…commei,ciar ami inc(iはtHaレ.cU:ies 'iik6:'ro'kj^'0. :ijid...Qsュkrt:
back-'in.'the Unite(l! :States,only bet|tei.,(lone, ;imi:,U)aレ.iiレAmerica.
we'aI.e. .U'yi"s to 'p reserve. aml.enj6foW:..thmgs/Oiat-c'Ai、teacト"s.
:i.".any'.、viUues. r:sai(lっthat —U、e..リnspりilcil-::fai'm .villages:.with :thciii. •.thalUJhedl^oiises; '.theノ.■ imchanged :fisliii、g .hai"lets, and the g"eat へ.I)j^ft(j6fu1.Shh、to: Shi'hies hrfhe Matsue Area, have.-a good (leal.nioiで :p-tti'acUonニthan: .the smokestacks :and .0fficc:bun(li"gs .ofふTagoy:i
i'rul Osaka. .
I coUl(l:sec"iat-Toshi has'.a.lovc foi'—this.remote ,n〗oi"itain re-:
gioi.v "p'"v 、yh.ei.e..he..'\vas..boi-n,:biit KVoter:;、〖.-the-Univei'sityrhe' ■■iias .acquh'e(ぃthc' not.iQii.'that'to.'be progressive: he should ei)uilate -'the 、Wes.t: hr every ■ trite: as pec f, aiul(lepreeate .many of the'old,, ■line ways'of: Jhpan. 、
F iu ally ,■• I .(li s c 11$ sod ■ 11、y. interest in visiting Lafca(lio H(?iu'n,s :home, ami' th"ilacもs.he'liad.wi'iUeivabout,.Toshi,ゅo had'i'ea'd .some''of'Hearn,s talesリn.school,now' was "'on 'o.ve—r aiid:s.ai(レhe. ■Avoiikl.'leai'nall.'he.c.oiild'aiKlwould try to be a satisfactory'guide for画.me, ii】)romis6 he—:abimdaiiUy. fulfilled.:My reason for visiting Matsue must finally have seemed .、vo"】"'to him, .foi':lateV cm, oil:■。in'. return.'to..Kyolo, ho as!:cd:n、e to ('i"iu、. to 'tho Uiii、でrsity' .'amしgiVc.;i.talkぃ>'lii.ゃ.ト:nまsh Sp(、;iki,,ん'、S"riぃt,v ;,n(しiで【K、at.
■ to.tiiem. lhe'Woasl''Iu"l fu"ii"c'd t'、l'"in... 1、、'a、く、gla'1gt、t the matter straightened ..out. I t'oulclii't.po?sibly 'get'au.-^jwleciuatc iu-■terpreter-gtiitie irvAIatsue, si"ce no one'there 'has'.an oppoi'tuuity .:loリpract.ice hぉEnglish evenif'he has-been taught'it iiischool.
W h a (;.■■■ To shi:, lacked iu (ktひile(l kmnvlecfge'of t. he. Mat si;^e'region, -h-e—n—i,ヌI.e.1up:if(?r:iiv'effort, ..interest and'.tact.'ノ
This'firきt morning, after 、ve'had.had our philosophical'talk'antJ 〗)a(レai'mnged 'om' thi'ee-(fay schedule at the个ourist !JureaiiにTV)shi'
■ and I set.-off'.on foot to see.Matsue town. .Traffic ..is heavy in the r-arrow, sけeets: cars,:り、otcn. bikes,' bi(;ydes, push, cai'ts, 'anci an
-Occasional jii、rickslmv'(but apparentlyiio、v: used' only .to cai'i'y packages, no t ■■ people). There, a reluv'side、yalks iii-most 6f the:
■ streets, ami 'foot passeiigers.'aiid vehif;les ai'e'sci'ambled ■ together, sりthat you are coiiHi"ioiisly dodging.' So. f.ai* as I can find .ouも I'was.the only".Westerner iu Maits]ae,,e、v Americans or Eiu邻cans'.
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Dis|»lay of chiWr#n,s dloM,, Svmi", Oi^jgomi, ,lctbana, FoA( >ol«i, Movies' Folk Dondng, Singing, Music,
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Admiasion: Adults 50 cents & Children 25 cents
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We; steered for Matsue Castle, which we could see on a forested hiUふeh'ind 'the. main .part of the towii. We can^e. outカn "plaza at the foot of Cast!e Hill, wJxeiW the Prefecturai BuikUng "am!ぉtM- site—of the二local .ゃvertiment, oi"pei:haps Weshoul3 saS, County Court:H卯se. It is汰brand new biiilding hiwWW st01、りiIV good contemporary ai^chitecture, but、Srhati?lakes it notab!e m.i;.:きlie beds of rQsesぉthe'p!azi1, in wonderfulbloom and Wazihg cclるi's.. Before this U.ij) —to .》apan T' har^ nni ']fnmyn . hftw^~ffyHnrf—fhpr -Japa)、cse roses ai'e; aiid :1'fpund:'.,t;-hat::iJiis:'di,pl.a:y:.: at..Matsuc was .6quaトto.any. .that L.had seen. Thcrpljahts had'lal^ls^ in Japane.se ':aiwlin English,, and ponnoi—urs, w itも'-'that absorbed如ok 。£• gard印 level's allカv:eビthe 'woねd,: were' 、valki'ng.ar.oiind arvd,.taldiig .'notes.
th.e .collection I,柳ec.iゅy .re'member■ 8 'f'loぉぉiirida,t]reさ::'rosも:"abolit 3.fc'et high covered .、vith flo、vers of a、 rich.lacquer red, iabeled. ."Aloti.ia,',■ There 'also wfis a-ゅettaculal' cliiiゅ.erv m"s6d With -burnishedgoW blooms, :andtrained' on. colun.in.s 'oれan''arch、シay. It 、vas "G(Jl(len Scepter.",.. :ぶ:
..Alo.ng ,0mi side of .the plaza, ran the * Castle tnoat,' swans floating on tl^e 'still gi'een Avater .ami 'great t、vis.ted ..pine treeかlining tlu:. bank. cross.•■ the moat: rose tTie sloping, di.y-storiにwalls of Ihe outeri'arripai,も.of the CaStle. .Alo^syきteps+led.+up+the .rampart to.", path that c:limb'ed through 9v6rgro、vn, shady park, wliei:e ■t-.he.rc w'eicages of Formosan apesきnd:.an:old, weathered Shint—o Shi;ine, The path .came out at::the cot)ble4 foi'ecourt 'o'f .'the Castle 、、.hcre 、ve stood :',andl.ooke.(l-:u:p .'at the tぉぉk.ー.st^ne. bast.ipjV. -above v.-】iich the bui!ding rose in successive receding sもoreys, 、vh-(ie outer 、val】s國-hnd ':multiple.:i'oofs ofきi.ey tiles 、vith :curvぉ國eave.s..
We bought tickets at: a kiosk and-.entered through massive ii:on-boumlヽvooden dooi's. Inside 、ve took 6ff our' shoeさand climl)ed flights of steep 、voo細sはirs, poHshed by stocldnged feet 'for でentin'iぉ,from s.torey .to storey., The,re.. 、vas: not:则ふof interest except the colossaレtimbers tha't foネ'm 'the.'skeleton .of the structure
the opening of a tfeep 、ve11on the groundlevel,which had given the國.C)astleはs w(itei.'Supply, Op画succeeding ujiper levels thei'e.
■ were some glass cases of armor .and ■ swords, an. t lie: A vails、 had slits foi,shooting amnvs- and ducts for pouring boiling oil. or water onto besiegers on . the ground below.. Matsue Castle was ■■a ■、vol'kirig: fortress,'not'a cas.tle-ire.sid"ence.' The .top'.storey/however, bi'ought: us our .reward with its Wide: windows.'and stupendous view of green —Matsue Plain, Lake 'Shinぉ,and the surroundhig forested, mountains.
'When, we came .(lown'oiiぃof the Castle we asked a' pleasant 'looki!iに'wo"ia.iiin ", sei'ge jacket and skii't, wholoo"ed.like'some of 'fi川ctionm'y'.ぱ.shp. 'c.ouレl' tell.uに'the 、vay t0.:Laf^cadi0 HぉiniVhouse, U .:tm】ied、 out'thai she 、vas、the画cus'tocUan of-.the 】化aru Museum • 'which has been built next, to'the'ho use. .where -Lnfca(liolived.'She. to ok us' down画a:steep side path'thro ugh tiie Castle Pai'k, wit'h, fW'.stands .of. trees, to aレdge'that crosse:ミ the川oat on the other side of Castle Hillfrom the Pretectural
■ pla.za'.A .i'oad'-thei'e -ran 'ailongside.. the moat, where fine' oldjpin:es' :■lined the,baiiks, pa" .samurai houses .of. the. r7 th Century.チhese. .hduses are one-storey and not very b.igl>ut tliey: have, a gTreat dealofdisUnction. They, are ]built fliish'Avith ,.tl^e'. street, .have' roofぅof grey, tiles and walls of■ white ■ piaster, with rfoonvays and hea、'ily.barre4 windows, of weathered'.grey-browii' cypreさs..Each ■house has'.a coiu.tyard and a 、valled ■ garden' wliere ■ .pines and
■ osmai"hus, aza.lea,..po(licarpus,.and ilex are trimmetf into':fantastic: 'shapes.
At the end of this street 、ve reached, Lafcadio's ho vise' V/e. h.a(l had a hot walk and I asked thelady custodian to si op at a little open pavilioii.— where they: 'soほ'p.Qst-caス'ds —and .refreさもments rmd have ii bottle of the orange pop that 'hjis become • the. rival ■of .tea. as .the .nation^.—drin^c ofゝJ a pan.,'We '.drankゾQur. pop: ami .lookやd aci'oss'Uie'.TOailat Heai,n,s.house,-'the pia ice wiiもre :he. had writtcH the memorable "GUnvpses of Unfamiliar Japan." Itヽv(is a .samurai: house i.ikす'the otliers: .、ve 'ha'd passed,, bu^r si nailer- .and Vnore .、nりdestlooking than. :;^5^.pile—'of—them. ,-There-w:as k:.gate、vaーぉー roofetriれ-grey-:..ぉlef.-ぉ)d:-a .c-6iTiも'a-rd,— aii!d —th印the、house-:itselL—-::
'■Lafcadio.'inぁぉ.-:toi'!tuひd, drぱt:ingVway.-had-:cOme-to the i^eiiiMe... 10、vnof:iUatsuc"V Augtist,18i)0,-t。'takもtlie job cif En;^Hsj^; tiacJjerai::i]i^JkUdiileSchi3ol,Ift Febiiiaryrl891rhずflraせiきd—Sf: :t^l^みKSzumi,ゅe(iaughter Qtas3iiiur&ifamily.InJtme'l&91;he 《;udhi5 wづfも、'/i,ぉovedi6 ilie. northern q叫rter oifthe c^ity, into ^-very,..quiiit;-street.:.behiiid.',.the:'movit(Ieriiig. CasUe..: My-,rte-、v hpiiie 、yas.: ?»■ JKa-tchiu"yashik(,:-th-eた.--anc.ient,--rもsMence.: of::-a—:sanitiii*ai-. '6;^ higfr tank." 二 : — ■ 、 ■- + ■ -
(To Be Continued)
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■were,leaving .:thcirlife's 、v01^k1 their. iion\es ndノtheir ."ffieiids. ■For: us young^qp .ortps, .we -hpd to- start :"Soni^ゾplace ..and.:v^'さ (ji(fn,t.n、iiu1 so.mtich,',
Mぇ.Kぉiega、va,s father received $3,0 ;00 for a Vane Oliver boatbuilding ■ business —he valued .at $ 25,000.
Tom i^sakUhi顯atlO^yeaT-old Ccalda]lf farmeiysa" his father receiveti J 800 for alO^arre Fra5^r 、*»rey farn、 he ha^i bought -10 year earlier fc^r |600' OBckmred and unbrokezL
S^t. M arc 11 27th , Quebw -City towr. and reception.-. 、S抑,ニ》,arゃh28:^OUafra,"
Mon. March 29th — 0"awa tourズrciceptiwv dinner, etc«)
Tues. March 3(hh , Ottawa (C.G.T.&,l/Tmcheon, Japanese re-
Wed. M»rch 31st — Toroiito (J.CaOnU*^ etc.)
Thure« April1",• Toronto (visit Ford and GeneralMWors, etc.)
Fri, April2nd — H通ilton and Niagara Falls«
.S". April -3rd — — a toar of
San. Aprilぉh 一 Totonto.
Mon: April5th — BdMonton tour, recciKi«n«
T的.April附一V*iKoarer (reception) and S"'cstonぉ敏
W«L April701 — Vktoria (RC. Got. rvc«i>tiMi〉.
Th職1^ April 8tk — VAM»t]T«r ミj^^ ,ference and fー、iM
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