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Hir osima and Vicinity

Hir osima ( 189 , B m. fr om KJbe ) ls th e junction for th e Geibi line
to E1tt yu- Ko z.ir 5 ( 98 , B m.). It is also the terminus of the Govern-
mbnt a a il ways ous line (K5hin line) running to Hamed ek~ (77 m.) vla
Hamad a o n th e San -in main line. It ts the La r gest city w. o f Ko be
a.n d ha s a o opu l atl on of 310,100. It l i es a t t he h ead of Hlr osima
BRy, and ts tr aversed by many riv ers an d canals. Htrosima ls th e
mos t i mpor ta n t cen t e r of t he Tyil~o ku dist rict i n industry, e duca ti on
e nd com~u n l ca ti ons. Tht prlnc lpal pr o luc ts a r ~ pap e r umb rella s ,
s ak e. nor l (se aweed ), p ersi mmons, o r &n6 es, Lemons, and o ysters.
I nns: "'"U'l<kawa-ho n t en, T J ray a Arna g t.
The city was f ou n ded ln 1~94, when M3ri-1e rumot o built a cas tle
t h~ r e . I n 161 9 it p assed int o the posses s ion o f the Asa n o f amily,
who r etain ed lt until t he &bolition of feudal ism in 187 1, In the
wa r s with Ch ina ( 1894- 95) and ~uss l a (1 Q04-05 ), Hiroslma became the
hea aqu er t ers f rom whi ch mil it ary op er a ti ons were d ire cted,
Hl ro slm a Cas tle , l .6 m. W, o f t h e s t ati on ( tr am-c ar and mot o r-
bu s ava il abl e ), s ti ll oo ss esses th e five- s t oried k eep , whi ch l s ope n
t o vis it ors . Sent el, or Sl kuk ei- en, close t o the stat i o n, a f orme r
vi Lla o f t h e Asan o fa mily, l s f amous for its s r.ilendid landscape-
~ar J en. A museum in th e ~arde n i s open t o vi s it ors. The detached
t e11.pl e of Nl s l- Ho nga.n- z.i ln Kyo t o (2 ,5 m. N. W. of the s tation) ls
o ne of t he thr ee l ar gest t empl es o f th e city, the ot h e r two b e in g
Koku tai -z.i and Se i ga n-zl. Koku tal-z1, 1, 9 m, ~ . o f the station, ls
the fam il y te mpl e o f t h e Asa nos ang c , n t el ns t he tombs of t he Asano
fam ily a nd of t he wt f e and s on of Ol s l-Y oslo, the famous leader of
t h e f)rty-s e ve n ~o n l n . Hudo -l n , 2 . 5 m. N. o f th~ s tati o n, co ntains
many t r easur es, ln cl udl ng a be ll t , we r a n1 ~on - do /Waln Hal l)
brou 6 ht over fr Jm Ty0s en ( Kor ea ) .
Uzln a (3,7 m. fr om Hir os l ma, t r am-ca r avai l ab l e ) ls th e p ort of
Htros 1m&, a nd l s ac t ually par t o t he c l ty . St eame rs run daily from
Uzlna t o po r ts in Slk ok u &nd Kyusyu .
~a n~a n- k yo , a valle y on t he upp e r r t ech es of th e ~lver Ota, ab ou t
u5 m. N.w. o i Hlr os ims, ls not ed f or its scenic bea ut y , It can be
r e ach ed by mot o r-bus to To~o tl- mati, th e S. ~atew ay o f th e vall e y
(35 m.) in 3 hrs. I t can al so b e re sch e4 by Government ~&ilways bus
(Koh ln llne ) from Hlr os lma , wh i ch p a s se s t h e mou th of t he valley.
The valley extends for abou t ~ m. a nd must be tr a v e r sed on foot,
The re are a 1ew inn s at To 5Qti- matl, wh ere e vt s lt or may spend the
n1 5 h t, The scene ry l s espe c i a lly f l n e ln au tum n .
The Geibi Lln e. - The Gel b l line, wh i ch runs f rom Hirosl~a to
Bltty u- i<O'zTF~. 8 rn,) hes a few pl a ces whi ch are worth a vtslt,
At S i mo-Hu kaga wa ( 8 , 9 m.) t he t empl e of Ya ku5- z.l co nt a Lns many ent l -
ques , and a t Wlyosl ( 41.8 m.) co r mor an t ft sh ln ~ may be e nj oye d du rln g
th e s ummer month s, Bln go -sy ~bs re l s a s t ar tin g p oint for the famous
~J r ~e o f Ta l s yaku - kyo (15 m., mot J r - bu s a va il able ).

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Na~as aki and V1cl n1ty
Nag a s ak i ( 160.l m. fr om W. o zi), t he oldest open oort in Japan,
i s s it ua t ed on t h ew . c oast of Kyus yU at the head of Nagasaki Bay,
wh ich extends n early 3 m. fr om the open sea and is protected
by some i sla nds at the entrance. The city is sheltered on three
s i des by well-woo ded h\lls and is op en towards the W. The[,
wat e rfr ont , of whi ch the Sun d is t he princi,al street, teems wtth
co m~er c ial a c tivity and t he r esl d entta l s ec ti ons rise terrace
u pon te rr a ce on the htll s ides. The a nnua l e~ po rt trade of the
p ort ls valued a t¥ 7, 692,00 0 and i ~oo rts et¥ 16 , ~17, 00 0 (1936).
Th e c ity has a po pul a ti on o f 211,700,
The c l i mate of NagRsaki i s mil d anj 1nv1 ~o r at1n 3 . In winter
th e t empera t u r e i s equ a ble a nd in summer se a - breezes t empe r t he
h ea t. In ad d iti on t o many historic pla ces, Naga s ak i an d its
env i r ons are also very rich in sc e nic be a uty. Th ey are , howev er,
wit h ln a t ort if i ed z one, so t hat ohoto gr a phtn g , s ke tchin g , etc,
a re s t ri ct ly pr oh l blt ed ,
Ho t e l and Inns. - H, t e l New Na~asakt, t a rlff; r ooms, sin g le
, 3,50 a naupwards; d )u bl e , 10 an d upwa rds ; bre akfast " 1. 50,
lun ch, 2, dinner ¥ 2 . 50 . _ In ns : ~e noya (W.a nza i- tyo , 0,2 m. from
th e s t a ti on) , Hukusi maya ( Omur a -ty o , 0 . 5 m, ) , Hir enoya (Ou rs-m a tt,
1 m. ) •
I nfo r mati on, - Jap a n Tou r i st Bur ea u ma lnta tn s a l oc al o ffice
l n fr on t Jf t he stat i on.
con su l a te s . -
Amer t can, ~ Tok i wa-t y)
Br ~z ll1 an , in ca re o f NaiA Sak i Chamber o f Commerce a nd In dus try,
Sa kur a - meti
Br i ti s h , 6 Our a -ma ti, wh i ch a ls o ha s c ra r ge o f th e Netherlands'
i nter e s ts,
Dan i sh , 5 Our a -ma tt _
Fr ench , 7 T, ki wa - t yo , Oura
No rwe 5 l an , 7 Our a - matl
F >r tu 6 ue se ,_ 7 Oure - matl
Swe di sh , 7 Oura -mati
P r i nc i pal Ba nk s. -
Yokoh i,ma Sp ecle Bank, Nl s i-H aman, - ma ti; Ye s ude Banli, W,t ostta-tyo
:lubs . - I nter nati onal :lub (Dezl me) ; Neg~ s ek l Cl u b
(Mln e mt-Y amete).
The a t ers. - Win e mlz a ( " ~t o - Sikku1-m a t1) end Wlt uh \ s l- Kalken
(Oha t , ). There Rre Al s o se ve r a l c lneme-hous es.
Shoo otn g . - The shopp in g s tr ee ts ere M, to~a~0-m a t1 , Mot o -~ ikkui -
~e t i, Kez tya-mat1, Edo -mAti, Hune de tk u- mat 1, HRmano- meti an d
Tukl- matt, whe re t orto l s e - sh e l l ware , pea rl s , co r al , oorc e l atn,
embr o 1dery, ml n1e t ure mod e l vess els , kesut e ir a ( spo ng e c ake),
a nd tr u t t , - e ll s oec 1al ltl es of Nagasak 1, - a re obt ai nable.

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Tor toi se -sh e ll Ware. - A vl s l t to on e of the t ortoise-shell

sh opawlll be of c ons{ der able interest t o vi s itors. Ther e the
work l a done 1n full vlew of passers-b y an1 t h ose interested
a r e a lwa ys we lcome to step tnsi je and wat ch the manuf actu rin g
p r oce ss. ~he ets of ~enu ln e tort o is e-shell ane use d for works
o f t he hi gh est 6 r ad e, but in t hose of l ess e r qualit i es small ,
p i eces of t he s h ell e re pressed to 6 et her; g reenshell, horn and
ho r s es' hoo fs a re used in s ome of the still che ape r grades.
Ce l l ul o i d t s also often s ubs tituted for th e sh ell ln lmit a ting
6 enuln e &rticles. The items prod u ced in cl ud e cig a rette ca s es,
sp ec tac le fram es, cuf f links, smel l t r ay s, e tc.
Communications. - ~a l l way Se r vi ces: Flve thr ough trains
Je lly, Inc lud in g- one e xpres s , ar e run from Neg asekl to W.o zl
(~ h r s . 20 mln). Trav elers on these tr a t ns for Saseb o , Ka retu,
o r Ka go s l ma must ch a ng e cars a t Halki, Kubot a , or Tos u , respect-
ively .
Steamship Services: The Toa Ke lun Katsya runs an express
ser vice be Eween Na gasak i a n1 Sh a n~ha i (460 m.) . The st eamers o f
t he Nippon Yusen Ka isya . als o t ouch a t Nag asaki on t he ir way to
and f r om Austr a lia. Infor mation es t o s a ilings may be obtained
f r om t he Japan Tourist Bure au ,
Local s te am.-r s also run from Negasak l t o Hus an ( Tyosen) v i a
Tus i rr.a I sl ands se ven t i mes a month, end t o the Got o Isl an1s on
a lte rn ate days.
Local Communi ca tions . - Th e c it y ls supplie d wtt h good str eet-
car se rvice char g in g a f l at rate of 6 s en . The r e are also mot or-
cars , mot or-buses and ztnr i k is ya ava i l ab l e .
Pub lic Offices end ! ns t1tut1ons. -
Naga saki chamberof Commerce and Industry, Sa~u re-metl
Nagas aki Ci ty Off lce, Se kur s - mat1
i aga sak 1 Comm erc ial and In dus t r1 a l Mus eu~ , Suwa Park
Na ~asak 1 : ourt o f Appea l, Bsn 2e i-ty 6
Ne 6 asa k 1 Cus tom-Hous e , Hagor omo-ty o
Na~a sak1 Ha rbor Offic e , Ha~J r omo-ty o
Naga sa ki H1~he r Commercial School , Kat a b~ti-mat1
Na~a sa kl Medic a l Colle l e, Yema s a t 0-ty o
Na~ase ki P re fectur al Off ic e , ~do-matt
Tinz ei Gakuln, ra ~enok u bo-tyo
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Na 6 a s a kl's Four Fe tes
Na~a saki ls c ele br ated f or the fol l owin g four fe tes ol tourist
i ntere st .
Suwa Shrine Fe s t i va l (0-S uwa Matur i), hel d on the 7th, $th and
9thOJO ct o oer, t s r e~a r ded as th e most Ji s t ln c tive of the rel1-
6 1ous f est iv a l s he l d in J ep an. For the t h r ee days t he streets
a re f illed wit h pr J c ess1 ons, all the houses are iecorated a nd
th e r e a r e e re cted booths ln d 1f f e r ent perts of t he c l ty where jug-
i lers an d ot he r pe r fo r me rs ent e rtain the c r owjs whi ch thron g the
st r e e ts f r om a ll p a rts of t he s orr oun dtn g c ountry.

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Bon We tu r l o r Festtval of Departed Sou ls, more commonly calle d
oy Torct ~n ers the "Feast o f Lant e rns," is c e lebrated from July
13t h to 15th, more solemnly a t Nagasaki tha n at othe r places. It
ls 'Oel leve d t hat on t h ese da ys the s ouls of the depa r ted re vi sit
the ir earthly homes. Lanterns are lit at all the g raves anj on
t h e t h\rd ni ght t oy -b oa ts, provided wi th lanterns e nd food f or the
j epart ed so ul s , are laun ched in the sea, the ldea be \ n g t ha t the
souls take p assa ge 1n them b eck t o the o ther world.
Petron, h e l d on Sunday in the early p a r t of Jun e, ls a rowin g
r a ce held as en annu a l ev ent. The boats us ed 1n t he rece a re of
pecu liar construction ; they ere l on g , ne rrow, and shallo w, su g -
c es tive of o l j -tim e whale rs . A d oze n or mor e boa ts participa te
in the r a ce , each boa t beln g ma nned by 30 or ~O oarsmen. Form e r l y ,
the racers wer e fis he rmen of th e n e i ghbo rin g villa g es, but th e
c rews o f t h e boats are now a lmost ex cl usively composed of young
men o f the wate r fr o nt d tst ~l c ts of t he city,
Hata- a~e or Klte-flylng Fes tival ts held on th e 10th, 15 t h ,
2 1st, 25t , 2e th a nd 29th o f Anr11 on th e nel ghb o rln g h ills,
the aim o f t h ose takln ~ part bei n g to sever t he strin g s of the
o t he r k it es by ge ttln ~ t he m mt xed u p wtth their own, The str l n~s
a r e s ome tim es c oa te d with sma ll p lece s ) f broken ~lass t o attain
thl s objec t mo r e e a sl l y. An e xhlo it 1 J n was ~ lven at the St,
Lou t s ~xpos 1t1on o f 1903 by th e champi on k ite-1l ye r of Na 6 asak1,
who wa s awar de d a sec ond clas s d ipl oma fo r his p rowess ,
Pl aces o f I nt e res t
0ez 1ma. - This isl a nd, whe re the Du t ch t r ed ers wer e secluded ,
h as n ow l ost a l l lts f or me r f ea tures, the f o reshore h evln g been
r ecla i med a nd a l s r 6 e qua y c onstructed fo r the ex press n t eamers
o f t h e Shan ~ha1 line of t he Tos Ka lun Ka l sya .
Su wa Phrk, on a h il ls id e to th e N.~ . of t h µ c 1ty, contains the
Naec,asaktcorii mercla .l e nd In dus t rial Uuseum en d the Nage s ak t Library.
Th e f ormer d is pl a ys a lar ge a ssortm ent of pro j uc ts of t he prefec -
t ure wh i ch are so l d at r ea son ab le p ~t ces end the l e t t e r ls known
for its m&ny val u eb l e books and docum ent s c o ncerning the h istory
and Je v e lo pment of t he port . Of so ecial inter est to fo rei g n
to ur ists, howev &r, are a banyan tr ee which wes planted t h ere by
Gene r a l a nd MrB, Sr an t of t n e U. S .A. whe n th e y vlsi ted the city
ln 13 70 , en d a l so stone s l a b s 1n memory of three d1stln gu 1shed
scho l ars , whose ~ervlc e s in intr oduc in g medlc e l and b ot anic a l
s c ience into J epan e r e rem embe re d , The sc h olars were Enge lbr echt
Kaempfer (d. 1716 ), th e Germen phy&i c t an whose book on J apan was
one o f the ea rlie st suthorltat lve accou nts of the countr y ; Karl
P~ter Thun be r g , e Swed ish bo t a nis t ( d . 1328) ; and Philipp Frant~
von Si ebol d , a Dutch ph ysici a n and sur g eon ( d , 1866). There ls
al s o a bust of Dr , Si eb ol d a t t he sit e of th e hous e wh ere he
ll ve d 1n Naru t e ki - matt, ~ . of t ~e station.
Suwa -zi nsya, aJ~o tn1n g t h e park, t s n oted for the fe &tlval
kn own as 0-Suw a Maturi and sls o fo r 1ta f ine bronze tor li, the
lar ge st in Japan, 33 ft , hi g h an d 14 ft. wide. It l s known as
t h e 11Bron 2e Hor s e Templ e " by f o rei gners, from a vot l ve offer in g
of a bronze ho rse wh1ch st a nds ln t he c Ju rtye r d.
S;-huku-z 1, in Imak.ag o-ma t l, was est a b ll sh ed 1n 16 29 , wlth e

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Chinese pri es t as ab bo t, and l s known a s Nan kin-de r e (Sh lnese

t empl e) b ec ause o f the f ine e xamples o f Ch inese arc hi tec t ure o f
the ~ ln g Pe ri od ( 136d -16 6 1). The orl ~i n e l s t ru ct u re s a re
les i na t eJ as n&t l onal t re a su ~es . I n the temp l e l s pr e se rve d
an i 6mmen se iron k e ttl e with a ca p a city of 21 bushe l s o f rlce,
sal J to ha v e bee n u se d at t he t lme of t h e g reat famine (1682 )
to prepare food for th e f amished po pu l at ion.
Among o t h er t emp l es of interest are Oa l on-z l, noted for its
dec o rat iv e ca rvin gs ; Hukusel - z i and Kohuku-zl, a lso kn own as
Ghl n ese t emp l es ( the t h t rd a bbot of K~huku-zi f irs t in t r oduc e d
Cnlnese pa in tin g in t , Jvpen); and Kota l-zl, whl ch h a s a l a r ge
ima e of Bud jh e l n its prec l nc ts. The r e i s a l s o e fa mou s Si nt 5
5
shrine, Metun omori-zln~, wh i c h ls note1 for i ts ce r v ln gs.
In asa Perk, on e ht1r- oppos lt e th e c i ty , co mmands e fi n e vlew
o f the Fie rb or. Tn '.}osln-z l Temple e re fou nd t h e t ombs of meny
~ussisn nava l o fficers end men who bef ore the war of 1004-1 90 ~
u s ed to ~int e r h e r e .
Ur eka ml l s no ted as t h e p l sc- whe re a lar ge number of :hrls-
tl a ns re t e ~ned thei r ! ~lt h notw~thstondtn 6 the oe r secut l on to
whi ch th ey were subjec t ed in Toku gawa ti mes. Chrlst l anlt y wcs
n ever ent i r ely erbi l cat ed in Kyusyu in the 18 th c ent u r y a nd
at th e ti me of t he Res torati on ( 1868) many peop l e ec ~nowl e1 ge d
h e ir Chri st i a n fsl t h . The Ca h, llc Ca t hed ra l a t Ur a kaml, ded i-
cated l n 1914 af t ers pe ri od o f 33 years o f c ons truct i on , l s the
lar 5 es t ln J apan, wlth a seati ng c ~p , c i ty f or 6, 000 , The t wo
towers at t he en t r an.,ce we r e no t co mpleted tlll 19 ?5 . Th e 1oman
Cathol t c =hu rch et Our R l s o f gr eater interest . Bui l t t n 1~6tt by
a ;r e nc6 mls s io nary in memor y of 26 ~h r ts t l a n mart yrs who were
pe rsec u ted l n 1S96 fo r t he ir f a tt h , lt c on t a in s many r e lt cs of
his t o ri cal va lue , in cl udi ng s a cr ed tab l es , copp e r plat e pi ctures
anj &n i ron c r uc if i x . The chu r ch l s jes l g na t ed a s a na ti onal
t r eas u!'.'e.
Ne~ sne - ba s l ( Specta c les Br l d~e) , s o name d becau se of it s
j oubl e sp&ns , oullt in 1634 b y a : htnese p ri est , J5te\ , l s o ne
of t~e o l je st st on e b r t i 6 es i n J a p a n, pres er vej 1n lt s o r i g inal
st&te and st i l l ln u se .
Amon~ rnLny J ell ~h tful e xcursi ons i n the v i c i n it y o f Na gas ak i
a re t ho se to t he wa terfall o f Tak l-n o-Ka nn on (12, S m.); to Mog l
(S,S m., motor-bus a vatleb le) not el fo r i ts product i o n of l oqu a t s ;
t o M1t1 no- J (1 ~ mi n. by ra i l) , a spa fre 7uente d by c itiz en s of
Naga s a~ l; a nd to nukuda, a se a s i de vllla ~e at t he ent r an c e to
Na~asak l Ba y, wht ch c ~n be e a s il y r da chej by boa t, the t rlp the r e
an j b a ck req uirin g abo ut h a lf a da y .

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