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September IS, Tokyo r J » -».«, n n „iM» that I left Champaign five weeks ago today. I l It does not seem PO»«»'« ^ , a m y s ^ y i n g i n Tokyo indefinitely p5,, l never knew five weeks to pass so ™gW(^ £ Diversity Travel picks ol B C because must wait un ,1 the 2 8 * - ^ « S Q ™ f d o i n R j u s t w h a * { f ) , c a s e , a n d m P u C" T lu?J Yelterdav I g o t a chauffeur who could sneak a little English 7ve ry i « l e ? ' a n d f r o v ^ a r o m S Tokyo.so as to get my bearings. This hotel is just across ?h T street from the Imperial Grounds, and all government buddi e s aVeTere, so we are quite at the center of things I saw the Emperors 1 ."[other out driving, and the Empress younger stster and her husband are stayine here. I saw them in the dining r o o m . . . . . , , , . T . . . ,. g I had a fine trip over, only one rough day before we landed, and I d.dnt mind that at all. The ship was wonderful and the people very nice. I met a number of very pleasant Americans who live in Tokyo. October 5, Miyanoshita, Japan I had two very pleasant weeks in Tokyo. I went out to the Methodist School one morning and was shown around by one of the deans. Among other matters of interest was the new library, recently given by a Japanese graduate of the college. It is very modern, steel stacks, D.C. arrangement, two catalogs, English,

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I had luncheon with Mrs. Wainright, who lives in the Methodist Compound and whose husband is at the head of the Union Christian Publication of Japan. The Wainrights live in a Japanese house with American furniture, and as we were sitting in the living room, with all of the sliding glass doors rolled back, the house began to rock, and Mrs. Wainright made one flying leap out on the lawn. When I didn't follow her at once, she called me, so, of course, I went out, but not so precipitately. The earth was heaving very noticeably, and the shake lasted for ten minutes, according to the papers the next morning. Of course we did not feel it as long as that, but it seemed interminable. This was the worst quake since the great one, eight or ten years ago, and did considerable damage north of Tokyo. I didn't feel afraid, my only reaction so far is a curious interest as to what will come next. We have also been treated to a sample typhoon, a week ago Saturday when between six and seven inches of rain fell in Tokyo in twenty-four hours. We spent two days in Nikko, a charming place in the Japanese Alps, north of Tokyo, almost a hundred miles. While there, we had a delightful drive in the mountains. The roads are fairly good, but not very wide, so that one in particular is controlled, since passing another car would be very risky The autumn foliage was just beginning to show and in about ten days JJapan oueht v 6 to be gorgeous. Today we should be seeing Fuji, but alas the rain continues to pour so we are storm-stayed here in the best hotel in Japan and are very comfortable Yesterday we drove up here from Kamakura, on the sea shore, and we are now on the top of a mountain, about four thousand feet up. October 8, Nara, Japan We are traveling along towards China, but shall be in Japan another ton days or two weeks. This week we have had bad weather, four days $ a l J S uninterrupted rain and that when we were in sight of Mt. F u j * I t w a s ° V £ J bad, for we had no sight of the mountain at all, and if I hadn't had a J ^ view on entering the harbor at Yokohama, I should be obliged to leave if™ without seeing her famous mountain. We are in a lovely spot now aan dl ?k" J the sun is shining. I am enjoying every minute of my tnp. October 19, Inland Sea Wc are leaving for Korea and China this evening. There seem, tt„ 1K l t~ o particular danger along the route we have decided on and tho Am„ • a , n , S"U I at Kobe assured our leader that he had no ,.f ma on «die w^nM ' " ° change of plan completely. So we leave in about an hour for SnimV.^sX

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