The book The Japanese Floral Calendar: Y Ernest W. Clement was written by author Clement, Ernest W. (Ernest Wilson), 1860-1941 Here you can read free online of The Japanese Floral Calendar: Y Ernest W. Clement book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Japanese Floral Calendar: Y Ernest W. Clement a good or bad book?
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No important locality in Japan is without its special park or grove with cherry-trees, to which the people resort in immense crowds at the proper season. The inhabitants of Tokyo, for in- stance, flock to Uyeno Park, or Mukojima, or Koganei. or Asuka- yama ; while the Kyoto people visit Arashi-yama. But a more than local reputation attaches to Yoshino in the Province of Yamato: there "a thousand trees line the path and cover the hillside." And some poet has said : "The cherry blossoms on Mount ...Yoshino de- ceive me into thinking they are snow." But Yoshino's fame is dis- puted by other places : Asukayama, near Tokyo, is called the "new Yoshino" ; and an imperial poet has said that "not second to Yo- 20 THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. shino is Arashiyama, where the white spray of the torrent sprinkles the cherry blossoms." It is unfortunate that cherry-viewing is marred by dissipation, and that its ''carnival rivals the Saturnalia of the ancients." It is almost dangerous, for instance, to visit Mukojima on account of the rude and boisterous conduct of those who have been freely im- bibing sakCy beer or whiskey.
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