Not the least beantifal of Japanese spas is that of Cine, one of the three hhanalets perched high on the wooded flank of the extinct volcanoes of Nishi Kirisbima, near the north-western extremity of the ten-mile-long range which rises to the north of the magnificent bay—or rather, inland sea—of Kago-shims, Assuming the traveller from China to have Inaded at Nagasaki, he may approach this hot-spring resort by may of Unzen, crossing by sea to Misami or to Hinagu where the m line of the Kyusha Railway from Moji to Kagoshima (recently completed it ite southern and moat difficalt section) may be joined in th fbbourbood of Kumamoto, Ov, be may take steamer from Nagasaki to Kagoshima, the southern hermione of the railway sod thence work northwards. If Unzen has already been visited, this alternative is to be preferred, as it forms by best approach, from the scenic view, and affords an opportunity, after the mountain climbing is done, of des-conding the rebids of From Kagoel may be Kurino—some two hours of " journey—and the spas known as the Kirishima Onsen, of which Cine is the highest and the most finely situated, may be reached in three to four hours' walking. As these springs, each with little collection of shingle-roofed hats about it, are situated at a appreciably to his lnggege, seeing that a coolie (ninsoku) who also serves as a guide, at an average rate of one yen a necessity, and will enable bim to eke out the shortcomings of a Japanese jet. Tu any case it is advie rale of inquiring the In this way, i districts, actual living expenses can be Kept down to two or three yen a dav. Even the smallest acquaintance with the Japanese Inngusge ensures better attention, and the traveller will find some such handbook as that of Kelly and Walsh's, which contains the words and phrases in common use, profitable investment, A far more interesting way of approaching the Kirishima Onsen is way of Miya, atthe foot of Takachiho, the south-eastern peak of the range, and thence by a good path along the western slopes of the range in 1} baure to Cine. To do this, the railway has to be loft a at Kokubo, whence on foot or by jinricaba (twelve miles) to Mi This route will afford an oppornity of making the secant of Taka-a8 is it also called, one of most sacred of the many sacred Japanese mountaias, t bat it la also one of the finest of the active volcanoes of Japan.
From the large temple at the foot of the mountain, the ascent to the bago crater may be made in about two hours, and, to the semmit above in three With some such queries as hat ago okura, how mach is your hat ago charge? Nippon-no-shokuji dekimasu, I can do with Japanese food; niu, ton, aakana ermani, have you meat, chicken selected by the sun-god Wioigt for his By reason of its being the peak descent from heaven to assist in the conquest of Japan by the Emperor Jemma in the seventh century, B.C.
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