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Show AIL JAPAN IS ABLOOM KM ! PRSNCE LANDS Cherry Blossom Time Is Delightful Season of Festivities TOKtO, April 15, (By The Associated, Associ-ated, Press).- Th' Prince o." VTojea IS vl.itini; Japan in cherry blossom time, the moss delightful s?asoh of this l-atid of Sun'rse' :-op e ,.f the cer- emonlc'i wbif h niH attend h'S toui will lie made moro attractive by the t'es-tlvlttes t'es-tlvlttes in which th Ja'punese indulge during Fhs time wim .-.si Japan puts on ii. loveliest appearnpi e As sion as the cherry buds begin io open th- whole country Including rjveh th- city streets Is transformed Into si fairytbnd enti' lng nil Its peo-pfe peo-pfe into the opn of for tne national rail i flower vfs its. In this sea-on b- ho .!' v spin: la abroad ,n,i a" v l,J 1 u fcVe ttidm-'selvea ttidm-'selvea up io gaiety, Tlia people gath-Jer gath-Jer at all tl.- well-known re ortS dressed dress-ed in their best or ia fantastic cos-tumSs cos-tumSs that match iheii feeling nnd .keep festival all day lone: under tho plnk-whlte blossoms. I, AST wom IN RE VI I V One of th mo-t jlollghtful olaeea 'the Prince of Wales is to i'L In J.t-'pau J.t-'pau Is the eautifu city of Nlkko, &0 miles north of I okio. of which ihe Japanese say. one cannot appro iatei the word 'beautlfttl' until cn .- ceil XIM.o. ' liie ciiy i one of th most popular res. r s hi :;i i oi.ntr . and at- trai ts hundreds Of i :tors at all sea-1 so in Of the ye.;i VVhhJh the Immediate neighborhood! Irtrc mae objects an I plnes of Inter-! i-'M. lV.-t' known oi nil : the fani- ous red lixcqucr bridge Hpunnius the Itlvct laiy;i whi h originally hone but 'the shogun and ooi traveifAg as a (Special messenger for Lite emperor inigbt cross. A short distance frorn the sacred j bridge arc what the floodr have b i-ot i-ot the once numerous Images of BUdu- : ha wht.-h lined the bank o.' the river ( 'along t:io (5.imman3a-fun:al pool.' The tale told that I'toso stone Image.- come nnd go InVi'.lbly, the nuni- i her ne r U'hi- tvi-e ' h- same. IN l PERB SETl n(. For a plumber of years, with orders to Spare no r.vprnsc. tho pule of J.np-' I ne-e artista an.l artlsajifs, gathered jfroni till parts of the country, labored! I to create at Nikko a memorial wortln of the founder of the Togngawa. sho- . 'guMate. lyisj isu, and to surround his tomb with s'.u h works of art as would 'leave it unrivalled. The slitc of tho ton;), of the first of Toloiguwa-Shogniis, Toloiguwa-Shogniis, on the slope of lhc forest-clad forest-clad mountains; itr-elf i one of 'he premier beauty spots of at superbiv- bi a itifui district In creating 'he great memorial, eai h 0 tho Qaimyo Of Japan was assessed to the limit of his eapacfty to pay. thi.s obtaining n fund ostlmated as the ciiivalr n- of "? i 2. 590,000, In u saperh setting wi.h an avenue! of cVyptomeri'a) extending oei twentj miles, anu broaid roadways flanked! with trees of all kinds are the shrine.- ' of Nikko the beauties of which beg-! ghr description) In them arc mag-; hifieent carvings, rr.ura' decoratlonr. , Irom the brushes oi the greatest a.-i- lets of the day. gifts from the ruler:;! of China und Korea j AM J.i. UtVlNtiS, Unalloyed gold was lavishly used in ;h.- profusion of gifUing to be sera ev- ? erywheretjahou) the buildings anu thel colors vrerv m&dfi fast by the use vf I Crushed gems one of ihe most noted i carvings about the icmple is tiv. ; "Three Monkeys " the "Sve No Kvil Spe'aii No EVil Hear No Evil" trio. Known throughout the entire world The beaUl ful gate known j Vono . icon l one c( tiie most striking pieces of wood carvjng in the world, it Is Cstimhted by experts th.a this portion ,ot the temple alone which has a surface sur-face of nhrSii 4T square fer-is rallied ral-lied at 2,400.000 yen (nominally $1.-200.000, $1.-200.000, i j In this e,,-, ol, ,,, ,ni. pmaPa nu, lis curving upside down. This Was tone. It is aaW, owing to the superstition super-stition that the flawless perfection o' be whole .street arc iiiikJii bring m!s-Ifortune m!s-Ifortune lo tlie hoiwe of Tokagawa. oo |