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... bath . When an individual foreigner is known , however , and it is found that he does not want to indulge in such eccentricities , he is , as a rule , welcomed , or , at all events , tolerated . There is another reason why the people of ...
... bath . When an individual foreigner is known , however , and it is found that he does not want to indulge in such eccentricities , he is , as a rule , welcomed , or , at all events , tolerated . There is another reason why the people of ...
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... bath . It is not necessary for the guest to possess a single item of luggage ; everything , from night- clothes and day - clothes , for the matter of that , even down to tooth - brushes , is found for him by the house . The Japanese ...
... bath . It is not necessary for the guest to possess a single item of luggage ; everything , from night- clothes and day - clothes , for the matter of that , even down to tooth - brushes , is found for him by the house . The Japanese ...
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... however , play an important part in the ablutions of the Japanese ; for the bath is the real thing , and is indulged in so frequently - in the sum- mer sometimes three or four times a day — that 35 TRAVELLING AND ACCOMMODATION.
... however , play an important part in the ablutions of the Japanese ; for the bath is the real thing , and is indulged in so frequently - in the sum- mer sometimes three or four times a day — that 35 TRAVELLING AND ACCOMMODATION.
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... bath , I was in a " blue funk " on the subject when for the first time I left the beaten track , with the firm conviction that I must face the terrible alternative of going unwashed for a month , or of losing forever my self - respect ...
... bath , I was in a " blue funk " on the subject when for the first time I left the beaten track , with the firm conviction that I must face the terrible alternative of going unwashed for a month , or of losing forever my self - respect ...
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... bath - room he has it to himself . It is only in the hotels away from the ordinary tourist track that the foreign visitor need run any risk of finding ladies and gentlemen strolling in while he is in the middle of his bathing operations ...
... bath - room he has it to himself . It is only in the hotels away from the ordinary tourist track that the foreign visitor need run any risk of finding ladies and gentlemen strolling in while he is in the middle of his bathing operations ...
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Page 64 - Japan, published in 1872, he directed that "henceforth Education shall be so diffused that there may not be a village with an ignorant family, nor a family with an ignorant member.
Page xi - Ransome, Stafford. Japan in transition: a comparative study of the progress, policy and methods of the Japanese since their war with China, 277 pp., 1899.
Page 72 - Elementary schools are designed to give children the rudiments of moral education specially adapted to make of them good members of the community, together with such general knowledge and skill as are necessary for the practical duties of life, due attention being paid to their bodily development.
Page 75 - As regards the length of the courses of study, it should be mentioned here that the course of medicine extends over four years, while in the College of Law, no definite term of study is fixed, but three examination periods are specially prescribed for each course.
Page 74 - Engineering includes the nine courses of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture, Technology of Arms, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Applied Chemistry, Technology of Explosives, and Mining and Metallurgy, with 29 professorial chairs.