Chapter 3

Foreign Influence in Japan.--Progress of the People.--Traveling Inland.--Fertility of the Soil.--Grand Temples and Shrines at Nikko.--The Left-Handed Artist.--Japanese Art.--City of Kobe.--Kioto and its Temples.--Idol Worship.--Native Amusements.--Morals in Japan.--Lake Biwa.--Osaka on a Gala Day.--The Inland Sea.--Island of Pappenburg.--The Tarpeian Rock of Japan.--Nagasaki.--Girls Coaling a Ship.--National Products 55