The Archive · 1925

Touring in Japan

When Mr. R. Daniell of the Dunlop Rubber Ca. of Kobe drove into Tokyo -recently in his Buick stand~ ard five-seater he had succeeded in completing the first motor tri around Kyushu and the Main Island of Japan, with the exception of the leg between Tokyo and Kobe. Heft Tuesday fur Kobe and ups arriving there will have completed 1 tour of more than 4,0000 miles.

With the exception of digging a way through a tunnel closed b7 earthquakes, ploughing all day, through mud to the axle across rivers on temporary fragile bridges, the trip, Mr. Daniell told the Advertiser," was not as rough as it might be supposed. All the trouble encountered by Mr. Daniell and the Japanese assistant who accompanied him was found on the Main Island. On Kyushu the roads were like paved—streets, smooth as a billiard table, construct: ed for the most part of granite.

The trip was made in two stage: the first being through the Kwans and Kyushu and the second arent the Mai Island, en

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