ABSTRACT
Japan is deceptive in size due to the miniature quality of the iandscape. Placed opposite our Atlantic seaboard the islands would extend from Newfoundland to Cuba. This affords them every variety of climate, and an additional change of temperature is obtained by climbing any of the small mountain ranges that rise everywhere. The coast is broken by many bays, inlets, white sandy beaches, and countless small islands. Cliffs and beaches alternate to give variety to the shore line. Pine trees grow to the water's edge and afford the ideal foreground tracery so sought after by painters and photographers. The water is the scene of many picturesque activities, fishing sails, sampans and steamers. Fields us.ually lie between the beach and the mountains although they are found in many unexpected places. Nude farmers are no longer seen working the fields, but men and women still stand knee-deep in mud and water
to transplant the tiny rice shoots. The natural scenery is so per-
fect that a lovely landscape in any country is called "}apanesque" or the more common "}apanesey." The mountains are green with foliage throughout the year. Evergreens are of many shades and are mingled with bamboo, orange trees, eucalyptus, cryptomeria, camphor and hundreds of others. In fact, } apan can boast of a greater variety of trees than any other country. Scenery is not found on the grand scale. One of their writers has said, "We have no Himalayas, no Grand Canyon, and no Yosemite Valley." Frequent mists give the illusion of great distance by throwing a veil before the mountains.
