Courteous Treatment from Countryside: Munitions Factories Working Day and Night By Gra G. Sanson It this journey of 2,600 miles in. northern Japan (from which T turned six weeks before my arrest Tokyo on the second day of the resent military revolt) had merely Served to demonstrate the simplicity fend. charm of (ravel in this lovely Tana; that alone would have made definitely worth while, 'The writer who can not speak any Japanese, fet out armed with the Japanese Government Railway's OMcial Guide and Travellers' Map and a pocket faction of Mr, A. Rose-Innes's in-Valuable" English-Japanese conver. Fallen dictionary.
'Often I found myself in those sections of the country usually alluded (ons "off the beaten track," yet not once did I lose my way, pass station of fall to obtain anything essential to. my convenience. Why? "Because, in' the first place, the names of all railway stations are written in English as well as Japanese; and if by some mischance, you fail to catch a. glimpse of It, you have only to ask the train guard (so bliging at all mes) or any fellow passenger. Name your station, the Japanese word "desks," and sure enough, you will be told Ut you do hot understand the Japanese for yes or no) by either a shake or nod of the head, or by a hand with one, two, three or more fingers held up to show you the number of stations before you reach your destination, Porters. from the principal hotels and inns meet most trains at the platform barrier and take immediate are of you and your baggage. These finns, for. they are mostly inns, are remarkably reasonable and on' the whole comfortable, In Hokkaido, Guring the winter months, all rooms. fre provided with a stove In addition to" the universal hibachi, oF
'A foreign breakfast and fresh fruit are easily obtainable and personally found 9 majority of the other meals quite attractive, The Japan-ere bath is certainly nothing to com plain about and' the bathroom itself more often than nol, more luxury fous than those to which most of us fare. accustomed; furthermore, there no. diffeully in securing the bathroom privately if one so desires. Sleeping on a futon is also no hard~ ship, being softer than many a bed I have experienced; however, if you fre Inclined to be fussy, it is' Sust as Wall to take your own pillow along.
without asking or extra charge, one's tie, trousers, shirt and under Wear are removed from the room at ight "and. returned the following morning, tle and trousers nicely pressed, shirt and underwear freshly Vnundered. Finally, itis by means unusual for the proprietor oF wife to present one with a small gift on. leaving. Anywhere and everywhere, if one asks courteously, you will be assisted on your way, and only a moron or a rough neck will "find himself or herself in ait-Rewlties, that. is, unless these. dim culties be associated with the Police.
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