Show OPEN kirn SHRINE IN pa TO IL DEJ DEAD AF aj X strange ceremony in japan including cl vaudeville marks two days of worship BUILDING COST 1 Impre salve manifestations of loyalty featured the solemn shinto cere monies voices silent during worship tokyo alfter after six years ahnor and nu all expenditure estlina estimated teI ut lit the notional national 1 to the litto into H emperor amper or I 1 was i as opened recently with solemn shinto ceremonies and amid impressive manifestations of loyalty for three lays duys tile the populace of tokyo celebrated tile occasion livery every street ans decorated with bunting find from the humblest door lall inn leros ferns were displayed tit nt night tile the municipality guve a hower show nud and open gilr performances anti alo adrical ical performances in park but for the ho most part the festivities es were operatively cooperatively co organized by tile citizens in different wards at hundreds of central points stases St fleS had been erected oliero vaudeville allows were given and there abere were both night and day thousands from country over persons from tle the country districts visited the city during the festival the shrine Is a typical shinto build ing of plain wood and of tile the simplest possible construction the opening ceremony was attended by over 2000 persons and offiel als and lasted about three hours the central feature was the delivery to prince ichijo warder of the shrine of the tha name tablets of the lie I 1 lute te and their installation f in n the inner san sanctuary prince bujo a relative of the emperor delivered n ort to 0 which prince ichijo replied the shrine was thereafter opened to the public and at least people worshiped before it during tile hie r gainder of the lie dily the scene where these multitudes of people were theIr respects to tile he memory of the dead emperor was impressive the main ent entrance rancil to the lie shrine sh one la Is by means oc 0 n new and very broad road about two miles in length along this road aalthe nil the tiny day and alid evening two great strings of people poured ono going to the shrine the other returning mhd of tills this roadway was brilliantly lighted and decorated flag i and ornamental lanterns once tin the torl at the entrance to tile shrine had been passed a great change came ner the scene the modern world was left behind the lie gold cold ond red ornamentation ceased mid the rest of oc the way was mado made under the of gigantic pine trees which might have been part of the lie virgin forests 0 ad aal japan Ill pilgrims grims wore were admitted in groups of bout about their journey ended in n small paved courtyard with etli a low wall the shrine a 10 low severely plain bullying was opposite tile the gateway and by the dim light of two largo larg paper lanterns about it dozen whitt robed priests were ero secil been moving slowly buck back and forth within tile doorway aliey ley were sweeping up tip the colas coins that rarned continually od on tile steps oi of the shrine voices are arc silent not n sound could he 10 lien licord a except tho the light lennil clapping of 0 tile vor ivor slippers calling on tho the enshrined spirit of lie emperor no iso human otic voice ans heard there was ans not even nn an audible prayer in complete tile the tude bald their r respects to the spirit of If elfand passed on on tho two following lays days the shrine wua wits again visited by hundreds of thousands and the were ed by wrestling neiti other er public entertainments near the th shrine the crown prince pr hice on beant of tile emperor worshiped lit itt the shrine on tile the second day it Is Intend cu to associate the young men of japan especially with the sarno A huge stadium will bo be built in the grounds of the shrine and it Is expected that the lie principal events of japan will be contested there in tile the future |