Special trains brought hundreds of observers from other parts of the country, especially from Tokyo, where the weather graduated from a drizz-Hing rain In the morning to a cloudy sky in the afternoon, Excellent results were achieved by Japanese astronomers, headed by Dr.
Saotome, Director of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, at their observation points in Memambelsu and' Abashi.
'Th Esashi, Nakadombetsu and Wakanal, where the observation was completely successful, amateur astronomers and. villagers burst into Joud "Banzai," as the sun disappeared behind the shadow. Last night, vile lagers treked to their shrines to' pray for clear skies, Selentists from the British Empire, the United States, China, Czechoslovakia and Poland gathered Kamisharl, where the eclipse began fat 207 o'clock this afternoon and ended of 425 o'clock. The totality at Kamisharl began at 3.52.52 o'clock fand lasted two min, 25 sec—Domel.
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