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to be succeeded by the more liberal Saionji group. Saionji 

 This made necessary a second round of official visits, ^^^""^'^n 

 and most of the new cabinet I later came to know in 

 less formal fashion. 



The months of July and August being always very 

 hot in Tokyo — July wet as well — all who can get 

 away leave the city for a more comfortable environ- 

 ment, and functions are mainly suspended until 

 about the loth of September. Our first few days in 

 Japan were therefore more or less at our own dis- 

 posal. Making headquarters at the Imperial Hotel, 

 we early visited by automobile Kamakura with its 

 great Buddha, and the enchanted island of Enoshima. 

 The following day the Stanford Club entertained us a stan- 

 delightfully at a dinner in the Seiyoken Hotel, a f"'^'^'"''''' 

 Japanese establishment conducted in Western fashion. 

 At this function there were present twenty-three out 

 of forty-three Stanford graduates then in Japan. 



Among them were several already prominent in 

 educational or other circles. Dr. Shinkai Kuwana, 

 '99, president of the club, once instructor in Ento- 

 mology at Stanford, is now chief entomologist of the 

 Empire. Zentaro Morikubo, '04, a graduate in 

 History, was a successful business man, and Kambe, 

 '99, was chief engineer in an electric light company. 



Two of the most interesting members of our dinner The 

 group were Hyozo Omori and his wife. Mrs. Omori, a ^'"""^ 

 New England woman by birth, was an artist by pro- 

 fession before her marriage. In Omori's delicate 

 refinement, high idealism, and scholarly outlook, she 

 found all the essential elements of happiness. While 

 carrying on his studies at an Eastern university her 

 husband had become deeply interested in welfare 

 work, particularly in the betterment of the poor. 



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