THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 299, 11 September 1908, Page 4

THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

In thesojdays' mpstjwpple' who, have', tho means and-$m 'to travel and- see the marfiiSrs ?ahd. v ,customsVof 'different : , races havo a to see that 'land of quaint pas been .thrown open to tho rest soi*'tM m-drld for less' than .half a century, the Rising.fSun." Though how .•tb'iis'j.largo extent regard tonotels, shops, institutions - generally, yet in tho' primitive Japanese uuildings/g|^|t&altojises,;:.the'- quaint-:dress, and .'..the;s6 . "polite. little people 1 ' remauKl'tSactly yas people' : have read about themYfeaha:-",tayer seen -in - old . pictures and engravingsv''-upcai,-:thq plates and dishes ofi childhood's days. That is why Japan pos-sesses-'a fascination yfor the Englishman who ■is! inclined'to,travel. To tho Australasian ;on tour the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japaneso 'Mail Steamship- Company) affords splendid faciliti&"forCvisiting.'this wonderful country. Thci..steamships";ofx,this lino make travelling a luxury, for the accommodation is superb— berths, diningrooni, saloon, smokingroom, so'cial jiall,. etc.,,, are,all porfect in decoration and, and nothing isleft undone to conduce to tho well-being and creature comfbrts' of tho passengers. All classes, of,,passengers, are looked after, tho fo(\,tjioso of the intermediate and tliirdelasses, . is, ( in roomy quarters, reserved in tlie 'tween decks. People who havo journoyed to Hong-Kong and Japan on theso steamers are loud iW 1 their praises of tho-ex-cellence of tho. cuisine. The Nikko Maru is the latest vessel line, and its saloon is probably one of tho i most unique in the world,-for"tho : wall -decorations aro the work of one of the chief artists of the Mikado's hous,eli9ld, Jn, pomt of fact, tho saloons of anywthfe'NVY'.'K.'s steamers aro'artistic and hi3uriqus,7 i -|.. i The l -|iuterior of theso vessels should bo seen to, ho : thoroughly appreciated, arid will ,qf i» ,certainty commend themselves to alL,\rfr'6, .ijrei'.desjrpus of paying a visit to Japan."