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| | Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, by Isabella L. Bird |
 | | The “beaten tracks,” with the exception of Nikko, have been dismissed in a few sentences, but where their features have undergone marked changes within a few years, as in the case of Tokiyo (Yedo), they have been sketched more or less slightly. |
 | | A welcome bit of colour it is amidst the masses of dark greens and soft greys, though there is nothing imposing in its structure, and its interest consists in being the Mihashi, or Sacred Bridge, built in 1636, formerly open only to the Shoguns, the envoy of the Mikado, and to pilgrims twice a year. |
 | | Nikko means “sunny splendour,” and its beauties are celebrated in poetry and art all over Japan. |
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