Sakamoki river, 137; handsome bridge at, 137.
Sakatsu pass, 143.
_Saké_, the national drink, 71, 168, 169; effects of, 71, 183; libations
of, 274.
Sakuratogé river, 128.
_Salisburia adiantifolia_, 309, 313.
_Samisen_, the national female instrument, 70.
_Sampans_, or native boats, 3; mode of sculling, 4.
Sanno pass, 96.
Sarufuto, 231.
Sarufutogawa river, 237, 246.
Satow, Mr. Ernest, Japanese Secretary of Legation, 14; his reputation,
199.
_Satsu_, or paper money, 7.
Savage life at Biratori, 234–236.
School, a village, 66; lessons and punishments, 67.
Science, native, dissection unknown to, 142.
Scramble, a Yezo, 228.
Seaweed, symbolism of, 165.
Seed shop, a, 78.
Servant, engaging a, 16–18.
Shinagawa or Shinbashi village, 12.
Shinano river, 114, 115, 120.
Shingoji, 153; rude intrusion, 153.
Shinjô, 139; trade, 139; discomforts, 140.
Shinkawa river, 120.
Shione pass, 143.
Shirakasawa, mountain village, 128; graceful act at, 129.
Shiraôi village, 226, 289; volcanic phenomena, 290; hot spring, 291;
lianas, 292; beautiful scenery, 292, 293; bear-trap, 293; houses, 294.
Shirawasa, 183; eclipse at, 186.
Shiribetsan mountain, 301.
Shoes, straw, a nuisance, 88.
_Shôji_, or sliding screens, 40.
Shopping, 77.
Shops, Japanese, articles sold in, 73, 74.
Shrine, revolving, 28.
Shrines, beauty of, 60.
Sight, a strange, 81.
Silk factory, 159.
Sir Harry’s messenger, 42.
Skin-diseases, 76.
Solitary ride, a, 216–219.
Springs, hot, 89.
“Squeeze,” a, 19, 65.
Stone lanterns, 28.
Storm, effects of a, 188.
Straw rain-cloak, 176, 177.
Straw shoes for horses, 88.
Street, a clean, 49.
Street and canal, 117.
Sulphur spring at Yumoto, 65.
Sumida river, 22.
Summer and winter costume, 82.
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TAIHEISAN mountain, 156.
Tajima, 96.
Takadayama mountain, 88.
Takahara, 88, 89; hot springs, 89.
Takata, 99; general aspect, 100; policemen at, 100.
Tamagawa hamlet, 124.
Tarumai volcano, 227, 228.
_Tatami_, or house mats, 40.
Tattooing, 34, 259, 260.
Tea, Japanese, 39.
_Teishi_, or landlord, 39.
Temple architecture, uniformity of, 21.
Tendo town, 138.
Threshing, varieties in, 44.
Tochigi, 45; the _yadoya_ and _shôji_, 45.
Tochiida, 139.
Togénoshita, 318.
Toilet, a lady’s, 200; hair-dressing, 200, 201; paint and cosmetics, 201,
202; mirror, 201.
TÔKIYÔ, 10; first impressions, 12; the British Legation, 13; Kwan-non
temple of Asakusa, 21; a perpetual fair, 23; archery galleries, 29;
western innovations, 30; tranquillity of, 324.
_Tokonoma_, or floors of polished wood, 52.
Tomakomai, 227.
Toné, river, 43.
_Torii_, a, 149.
Toyôka village, 174.
Transport, prices, 79; agent, 97.
Travelling equipments, 32, 33; passports, 33, 34.
Travelling, slow, 143.
Tsugawa river, 106; _yadoya_, 107; town, 108; packet-boat, 109; “running
the rapids,” 109; fantastic scenery, 110; river-course, 110; river-life,
110.
Tsuguriko, 180.
Tsuiji, farming village, 120, 121.
Tsukuno, 134.
Tufa cones, 290.
“Typhoon,” a, 322.
“Typhoon rain,” a, 297.
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UDONOSAN snow-fields, 139.
Universal greyness, 207; language, the, 296.
Unpleasant detention, an, 187.
Usu, 302; temple, 302, 303; bay, 304; Aino lodges at, 304.
Usu-taki volcano, 300.
Utsu pass, view from, 129.
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VEGETATION, tropical, 85.
Village life, 47.
Vineyards on the Tsugawa, 111.
Volcano Bay, 220.
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