THE GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAX 



Kivoshi bakamoto 



SUNRISE AT FUTAMI 



The "Meoto Twa," or ''Man and Wife Rocks," at Futami are connected with a "shime- 

 nawa," or sacred rope. The Japanese worship the rocks as symbols of the God of Happiness 

 or Marriage ; hence a torii, or shrine-gate, on top of the larger rock. 



ular description of this lovely cataract is 

 that the two larger and the 39 smaller 

 falls composing it are the parents and 

 children of a family of 41 memhers (see 

 illustration on page 81). 



The appeal that the countless and 

 varied natural beauties of the scenery of 

 Japan makes to its people, both educated 

 and unlearned, is impossible to realize 

 or to describe, except from personal ob- 

 servation. It exercises a profound and 

 universal influence on the imagination of 



both rich and poor, whether dwelling in 

 crowded cities or on the countryside 



KACH GREAT MOUNTAIN HAS ITS DIVINITY 



Wherever any spot of unusual loveli- 

 ness is found, there rises the appropriate 

 shrine in its honor and there is the need 

 of admiration or adoration ottered to its 

 genius loci. 



Each great mountain has it tutelary 

 divinity, who may be worshiped with 

 fear and trembling for the aversion of 



