INDEX

Admiralty gardens, [147]
Agricultural University at Sapporo, [25];
at Tokio, [174]
Aino, village at Shiroi, [25];
in the forest, [27];
language, [27]
Akabane, country round, [102]
Alpine garden, at Nikko, [62]
Amakusa, island of, [50];
arrival at, [53];
mines at, [54];
difficulties of transit in, [56]
American Fleet, in Japan, [226], [227]
Anthropological Department of University, [242]
Ants, discovery of curious habits of, [213]
Aomori, [11], [28]
Art in modern Japan, [266]
Azaleas, at Okabu, [149]
Balsam, troubles through, [93];
bubbles in, [210]
Bamboo, beauty of, [10];
loved by Hearn, [249]
Basha (native carriage), delights of, [125], [126]
Bell insect, [184]
Bethell trial, [181]
Boshu, walking tour in, [122] et seq.
Botanical festival at the shrine of Inari, [114]
Botanical Gardens in Tokio, first impression of, [3];
tea-parties in, [5], [120];
branch of, at Nikko, [62]
Botanical Institute in Tokio, first impression of, [3];
work in laboratory, [31] (and constant references after)
Botanical Institute of Agricultural University, [174]
Camping in the virgin forests, [16], [17]
Capacity of the Japanese, [267]
Cherry flowers, blooming through the snow, [134];
beauty of, in Tokio, [139];
double blooms, [142]
Cherry garden party at the palace, [144]
Chikura, [123]
Children’s stalls at holiday fair, [186]
Chinese writing, value of, [59]
Chōnan, [131]
Chrysanthemums, popular exhibits of, [66];
Imperial exhibition of, [68]
Chuzenji, autumn colouring at, [62]
Coal mines at Ōyubari, [15], [17];
Ikushimbets, [20];
Jito, [42];
Omine, [47];
Habu, [47];
Nariwa, [48];
Namazuta, [49];
Miike, [50];
Amakusa, [50], [54];
Takashima, [57]
Costumes, old Japanese style, [117]
Crowds, smells of, [194]
Cryptomeria, splendid avenues of, [61], [195];
cones of, [210];
seedlings of, [224]
Cutting-machine, for fossils, [63], [82], [91], [102];
testing disks for, [89]
Cycads, expeditions to collect, [168], [205];
ancient and branched specimens of, [170];
at Yokohama, [191]
Cycling, in Tokio, [153], [165], [225];
in country, [201], [206];
through floods, [206]
Dancing, street, [180]
Debating Society, started in Tokio, [158], [175], [228]
Debts, all to be paid by New Year, [255]
Dinners, advantage of uniform menus for, [88]
Disease in Tokio, [98]
Dolls’ Festival, preparation for, [106];
food for, [110];
arrangements for, [110], [111]
Dwarf as luggage carrier, [195], [196]
Earthquake, the first experience of, [33];
small shocks of, [79]
Emperor, garden-parties given by, [68], [144];
present to all officials from, [229]
English language used by Japanese professors to lecture to other Asiatics, [175]
Enoshima, [8], [256]
European artists, Japanese views on, [91]
European entertainments given by Japanese, elaboration of, [120]
Feruské, Japanese wrapping, value of, in removals, [136];
use when carrying plants, [150]
Fishing, use of dynamite for, [17]
Floods, in Tokio, [187], [221];
in the country, [206]
Foreign influence in Yokohama, [192]
Fossil plants, [16] et seq.;
insects, [201]
Fox, apparition of? [217]
Friendship with Japanese, [273]
Frog, changing colour of, [185]
Fruit, only obtainable in season, [97]
Fuji mountain, [7] (and constant reference all through);
last view of, [264]
Fukuoka, [50]
Furnishing in Japanese house, [118], [137]
Furs worn by Japanese men, [104]
Garden, watering stones in, [64];
beauty of, in November, [67];
Imperial palace, [68], [145];
arrangements for winter in, [83];
old garden of the Admiralty, [147];
Japanese party in, [232].
See also [Botanical Gardens]
Ginkgo, swimming out of spermatozoids of, [31], [218];
exhibited to Dr. Koch, [176]
Ginkgo seeds cooked, [93]
Ginkgo tree, golden colour of, in autumn, [66], [68]
Gold-fish with double tails, [143]
Greek church in Tokio, Easter service at, [151]
Habu, small coal mine at, [47]
Hail, exceptional size of hailstones, [173]
Hakone, [195]
“Hardening” process, [260]
Hayama, [213]
Hearn, Lafcadio, debate on, [159], [175];
eldest son of, [241], [249];
visit to house of, [247]
Hearn, Mrs., [247]
Hockey, attempts to play without grass, [94], [105]
Hojo, [122]
Hokkaido, arrival in, [11]
Holidays, sight-seeing at temples on, [34]
Horonai, [18]
House cleaning, instituted by Government, [162]
House hiring, difficulties of, [133]
Human Bullets, by Lieut. Sakurai, [113]
Ice pillars, curious effect of, [78]
Ikushimbets, mine at, [20]
Imperial crest, reverence towards, [67]
Inari, festival for, [114]
Inland Sea, beauty of, [1], [46]
Insects, noise of, [160];
song of, [184];
fossil specimens of, [201]
Interpreter, loss of, [18]
Japanese houses, simplicity of, [118]
Japanese language, difficulties of, [74];
sound effect of, [77]
Jehinomiya, [130]
Jito, village of, [42]
Kamakura, [86];
Dai Butsu at, [86]
Kanbara, bathing at, [172]
Kankobas, delightful bazaars, [81], [231]
Kasamori, Buddhist temple at, very ancient, [132]
Katsuura, [124]
Kitchen in Japanese house, [138]
Kiushiu, [49], [56]
Kominato, [123]
Koraku-en gardens at Okayama, [38]
Korean affairs, [181]
Kuruma, country travel in, [40], [44], [72]
Lafcadio Hearn, debate on, [159], [175];
eldest son of, [241], [249];
visit to house of, [247]
Lectures in Government House, Sapporo, [23];
at the Imperial University, [224];
by Sven Hedin, [236]
Lepers, [98], [209];
contact with, [142];
marrying of, [209]
Lies told by tradespeople, [165]
London University Union in Japan, [111], [245], [259]
Lotus, fritters made of, [146];
flowers of, at Oyeno, [212]
Maple Club, dinner at, [233]
Matsushima, beauty of, [28]
Mera, [122]
Misumi, arrival at, [50];
delayed start from, [51]
Mobara, [130], [131]
“Morning glories,” [189]
Mororan, [28]
Museum, Imperial, [246]
Nagasaki, [56]
Namazuta, coal mine at, [49]
Naval Briquette Factory, [47]
Naval officers on duty in coal mine, [47]
Neolithic implements, [243]
New Year, gifts and debts of, [81];
special food for, [84];
streets during, [86]
Nikko, excursion to, [61];
avenue leading to, [61];
Alpine garden at, [62]
Nō, performance of, [64]
Noboribetsu, [26];
crater at, [26]
Nodules containing fossils, collecting of, [16] et seq.
Ōhara, [125]
Okabu, azaleas at, [149]
Okayama, visit to, [38]
Okuma, Count, [70];
garden of, [71]
Omine, mine at, [47]
Omori, plum blossom at, [115];
temple near, [223]
Opera House, foreign style, in Tokio, [251]
Ōyubari, recently opened mine in, [15], [17];
scenery of neighbourhood, [15]
Paeonies, show of, [155]
Pictures, special exhibition of, excellent arrangement in, [60]
Poet, American wife of Japanese, [240], [246], [261]
Police, as escort, [18];
regulation of house cleaning by, [162]
Porcelain, makers of, brought to private house, [262]
Poronai, [18]
Rackham’s illustrations, [119]
Railway train returns to deliver forgotten parcel, [105]
Railway trains, life in, [9], [12], [58];
snowed up in April, [136]
Religion in Japan, [270]
Rivers, work in, while collecting, [20], [21]
Roads, effect of rain on, [31];
beauty of, in Tokio, [32]
Robbers, frequent attempts of, [75]
Roses, fading of scent of, in Japan, [67]
Saké put to scientific use, [215]
Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, [11], [12];
Government of, [12];
scenery of, [13];
return to, [23];
University at, [25]
Sendai, “fossil wood” at, [31]
Sendocre, [129]
Sheep, flock of, [73];
scarcity of, in Japan, [179]
Shimonoseki, [48]
Shiobara, [201]
Shiogama, [29], [30];
women’s dress in neighbourhood of, [30]
Shizuoka, [206]
Shop signs, humorous, [182]
Silk-worms, useful for scientific breeding, [175]
Smells, of a Japanese crowd, [194]
Snow, exceptional fall in April, [134];
beauty of, at Shiba, [258]
Stuffiness, endured by Japanese in Western-style vehicles or houses, [211], [212]
Sven Hedin lecturing in Tokio, [236]
Takahashi, beautiful river of, [40]
Takashima, coal mine at, [57]
Teachers, special dress for women, [161]
Telegraph wire, dragon flies perched on, [45]
Temples, two contrasting, [34], [35];
a country temple, [36];
at Nikko, [61];
at Kasamori, [132];
stay at country, [168];
service in, [199];
near Omori, [223];
at Shiba, in the snow, [258]
Tertiary coal, [49]
Thunder, god of, [173];
continuous peals of, [208]
Tin box, difficulty in obtaining, [214]
Togo, Admiral, [70], [226]
Tokio, likeness to Venice, [1];
getting about, [4];
beauty of streets in, [82];
streets at New Year, [86];
floods in, [187], [221]
Tokkaido, old road, [195]
Tokuyama, [46]
Traffic, lack of regulation of, [164]
Triassic coal, [41], [42];
difficulty in finding, [41]
University, Agricultural, [174];
Imperial, [6], [7], [60];
farewell party from, [233];
Anthropological Department of, [242];
present from, [253]
University for women, [164], [165]
Wada, [123]
Walking tour in Boshu, [122] et seq.
Wind storm, [94]
Wistaria, enormous flowering plan of, [155]
Women’s University, [164], [165]
Yejiri, [168], [205]
Yubari, [13]