The European umbrella is, on account of its lightness, superseding the native paper umbrella in Japan. The approaches to the popular temples such as that in the Asakusa Park, Tokio, are usually lined with stalls, where the vendors of trifles find ■ ready customers among the worshippers going to and returning from the temples. The offerings ma do to the dead in the Buddhist cemeteries are of a curious nature. On the child's grave shown in one of our sketches is the customary supply of food, flowers, and fruit, and these little marks of attention are constantly renewed, so that when the departed is in need of refreshment. lie or. she will find plenty of fresh victuals at hand. '

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12546, 13 April 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)

The European umbrella is, on account of its lightness, superseding the native paper umbrella in Japan. The approaches to the popular temples such as that in the Asakusa Park, Tokio, are usually lined with stalls, where the vendors of trifles find ■ ready customers among the worshippers going to and returning from the temples. The offerings ma do to the dead in the Buddhist cemeteries are of a curious nature. On the child's grave shown in one of our sketches is the customary supply of food, flowers, and fruit, and these little marks of attention are constantly renewed, so that when the departed is in need of refreshment. lie or. she will find plenty of fresh victuals at hand. '