ABSTRACT
The japan - british exhibtion opened at eleven o'clock, on Saturday, 14 May 1910 and closed at six o'clock in the evening on 29 October. It had lasted for 168 days. Neither occasion had any official ceremony: the opening day fell during the national mourning period, and there was no closing ceremony because in the past it had not been the custom to do so. An estimated 8 million-plus people visited the Exhibition, the cost of admission being one shilling (approximately £8.00 at today's prices). According to the issues of The Times and The japan Weekly Mail on 2 November, the total number of visitors who passed through the turnstiles was over 8,350,000, the greatest number on a single day being 460,200, followed by 450,000 on another day — considerable numbers indeed. As at previous international exhibitions, thted against the dark night sky, enirs for sale including cups, saucers, postcards and posters. This chapter describes some noteworthy events during the Exhibition that may illuminate the wide involvement of both the Japanese and British people with the Exhibition.
