INDEX
Reading edition
Admiralty gardens, 147
Agricultural University at Sapporo, 25;
at Tokio, 174
Aino, village at Shiroi, 25;
in the forest, 27;
language, 27
Akabane, country round, 102
Alpine garden, at Nikko, 62
Amakusa, island of, 50;
arrival at, 53;
mines at, 54;
difficulties of transit in, 56
American Fleet, in Japan, 226, 227
Anthropological Department of University, 242
Ants, discovery of curious habits of, 213
Aomori, 11, 28
Art in modern Japan, 266
Azaleas, at Okabu, 149
Balsam, troubles through, 93;
bubbles in, 210
Bamboo, beauty of, 10;
loved by Hearn, 249
Basha (native carriage), delights of, 125, 126
Bell insect, 184
Bethell trial, 181
Boshu, walking tour in, 122 et seq.
Botanical festival at the shrine of Inari, 114
Botanical Gardens in Tokio, first impression of, 3;
tea-parties in, 5, 120;
branch of, at Nikko, 62
Botanical Institute in Tokio, first impression of, 3;
work in laboratory, 31 (and constant references after)
Botanical Institute of Agricultural University, 174
Camping in the virgin forests, 16, 17
Capacity of the Japanese, 267
Cherry flowers, blooming through the snow, 134;
beauty of, in Tokio, 139;
double blooms, 142
Cherry garden party at the palace, 144
Chikura, 123
Children’s stalls at holiday fair, 186
Chinese writing, value of, 59
Chōnan, 131
Chrysanthemums, popular exhibits of, 66;
Imperial exhibition of, 68
Chuzenji, autumn colouring at, 62
Coal mines at Ōyubari, 15, 17;
Ikushimbets, 20;
Jito, 42;
Omine, 47;
Habu, 47;
Nariwa, 48;
Namazuta, 49;
Miike, 50;
Amakusa, 50, 54;
Takashima, 57
Costumes, old Japanese style, 117
Crowds, smells of, 194
Cryptomeria, splendid avenues of, 61, 195;
cones of, 210;
seedlings of, 224
Cutting-machine, for fossils, 63, 82, 91, 102;
testing disks for, 89
Cycads, expeditions to collect, 168, 205;
ancient and branched specimens of, 170;
at Yokohama, 191
Cycling, in Tokio, 153, 165, 225;
in country, 201, 206;
through floods, 206
Dancing, street, 180
Debating Society, started in Tokio, 158, 175, 228
Debts, all to be paid by New Year, 255
Dinners, advantage of uniform menus for, 88
Disease in Tokio, 98
Dolls’ Festival, preparation for, 106;
food for, 110;
arrangements for, 110, 111
Dwarf as luggage carrier, 195, 196
Earthquake, the first experience of, 33;
small shocks of, 79
Emperor, garden-parties given by, 68, 144;
present to all officials from, 229
English language used by Japanese professors to lecture to other Asiatics, 175
Enoshima, 8, 256
European artists, Japanese views on, 91
European entertainments given by Japanese, elaboration of, 120
Feruské, Japanese wrapping, value of, in removals, 136;
use when carrying plants, 150
Fishing, use of dynamite for, 17
Floods, in Tokio, 187, 221;
in the country, 206
Foreign influence in Yokohama, 192
Fossil plants, 16 et seq.;
insects, 201
Fox, apparition of? 217
Friendship with Japanese, 273
Frog, changing colour of, 185
Fruit, only obtainable in season, 97
Fuji mountain, 7 (and constant reference all through);
last view of, 264
Fukuoka, 50
Furnishing in Japanese house, 118, 137
Furs worn by Japanese men, 104
Garden, watering stones in, 64;
beauty of, in November, 67;
Imperial palace, 68, 145;
arrangements for winter in, 83;
old garden of the Admiralty, 147;
Japanese party in, 232.
See also Botanical Gardens
Ginkgo, swimming out of spermatozoids of, 31, 218;
exhibited to Dr. Koch, 176
Ginkgo seeds cooked, 93
Ginkgo tree, golden colour of, in autumn, 66, 68
Gold-fish with double tails, 143
Greek church in Tokio, Easter service at, 151
Habu, small coal mine at, 47
Hail, exceptional size of hailstones, 173
Hakone, 195
“Hardening” process, 260
Hayama, 213
Hearn, Lafcadio, debate on, 159, 175;
eldest son of, 241, 249;
visit to house of, 247
Hearn, Mrs., 247
Hockey, attempts to play without grass, 94, 105
Hojo, 122
Hokkaido, arrival in, 11
Holidays, sight-seeing at temples on, 34
Horonai, 18
House cleaning, instituted by Government, 162
House hiring, difficulties of, 133
Human Bullets, by Lieut. Sakurai, 113
Ice pillars, curious effect of, 78
Ikushimbets, mine at, 20
Imperial crest, reverence towards, 67
Inari, festival for, 114
Inland Sea, beauty of, 1, 46
Insects, noise of, 160;
song of, 184;
fossil specimens of, 201
Interpreter, loss of, 18
Japanese houses, simplicity of, 118
Japanese language, difficulties of, 74;
sound effect of, 77
Jehinomiya, 130
Jito, village of, 42
Kamakura, 86;
Dai Butsu at, 86
Kanbara, bathing at, 172
Kankobas, delightful bazaars, 81, 231
Kasamori, Buddhist temple at, very ancient, 132
Katsuura, 124
Kitchen in Japanese house, 138
Kiushiu, 49, 56
Kominato, 123
Koraku-en gardens at Okayama, 38
Korean affairs, 181
Kuruma, country travel in, 40, 44, 72
Lafcadio Hearn, debate on, 159, 175;
eldest son of, 241, 249;
visit to house of, 247
Lectures in Government House, Sapporo, 23;
at the Imperial University, 224;
by Sven Hedin, 236
Lepers, 98, 209;
contact with, 142;
marrying of, 209
Lies told by tradespeople, 165
London University Union in Japan, 111, 245, 259
Lotus, fritters made of, 146;
flowers of, at Oyeno, 212
Maple Club, dinner at, 233
Matsushima, beauty of, 28
Mera, 122
Misumi, arrival at, 50;
delayed start from, 51
Mobara, 130, 131
“Morning glories,” 189
Mororan, 28
Museum, Imperial, 246
Nagasaki, 56
Namazuta, coal mine at, 49
Naval Briquette Factory, 47
Naval officers on duty in coal mine, 47
Neolithic implements, 243
New Year, gifts and debts of, 81;
special food for, 84;
streets during, 86
Nikko, excursion to, 61;
avenue leading to, 61;
Alpine garden at, 62
Nō, performance of, 64
Noboribetsu, 26;
crater at, 26
Nodules containing fossils, collecting of, 16 et seq.
Ōhara, 125
Okabu, azaleas at, 149
Okayama, visit to, 38
Okuma, Count, 70;
garden of, 71
Omine, mine at, 47
Omori, plum blossom at, 115;
temple near, 223
Opera House, foreign style, in Tokio, 251
Ōyubari, recently opened mine in, 15, 17;
scenery of neighbourhood, 15
Paeonies, show of, 155
Pictures, special exhibition of, excellent arrangement in, 60
Poet, American wife of Japanese, 240, 246, 261
Police, as escort, 18;
regulation of house cleaning by, 162
Porcelain, makers of, brought to private house, 262
Poronai, 18
Rackham’s illustrations, 119
Railway train returns to deliver forgotten parcel, 105
Railway trains, life in, 9, 12, 58;
snowed up in April, 136
Religion in Japan, 270
Rivers, work in, while collecting, 20, 21
Roads, effect of rain on, 31;
beauty of, in Tokio, 32
Robbers, frequent attempts of, 75
Roses, fading of scent of, in Japan, 67
Saké put to scientific use, 215
Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, 11, 12;
Government of, 12;
scenery of, 13;
return to, 23;
University at, 25
Sendai, “fossil wood” at, 31
Sendocre, 129
Sheep, flock of, 73;
scarcity of, in Japan, 179
Shimonoseki, 48
Shiobara, 201
Shiogama, 29, 30;
women’s dress in neighbourhood of, 30
Shizuoka, 206
Shop signs, humorous, 182
Silk-worms, useful for scientific breeding, 175
Smells, of a Japanese crowd, 194
Snow, exceptional fall in April, 134;
beauty of, at Shiba, 258
Stuffiness, endured by Japanese in Western-style vehicles or houses, 211, 212
Sven Hedin lecturing in Tokio, 236
Takahashi, beautiful river of, 40
Takashima, coal mine at, 57
Teachers, special dress for women, 161
Telegraph wire, dragon flies perched on, 45
Temples, two contrasting, 34, 35;
a country temple, 36;
at Nikko, 61;
at Kasamori, 132;
stay at country, 168;
service in, 199;
near Omori, 223;
at Shiba, in the snow, 258
Tertiary coal, 49
Thunder, god of, 173;
continuous peals of, 208
Tin box, difficulty in obtaining, 214
Togo, Admiral, 70, 226
Tokio, likeness to Venice, 1;
getting about, 4;
beauty of streets in, 82;
streets at New Year, 86;
floods in, 187, 221
Tokkaido, old road, 195
Tokuyama, 46
Traffic, lack of regulation of, 164
Triassic coal, 41, 42;
difficulty in finding, 41
University, Agricultural, 174;
Imperial, 6, 7, 60;
farewell party from, 233;
Anthropological Department of, 242;
present from, 253
University for women, 164, 165
Wada, 123
Walking tour in Boshu, 122 et seq.
Wind storm, 94
Wistaria, enormous flowering plan of, 155
Women’s University, 164, 165
Yejiri, 168, 205
Yubari, 13