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the people; while the mass still wear the native dress, numbers appear in European costume. The soldiers and police are dressed in uniform on the western model.

The environs of Tokyo are very picturesque and offer a great variety of pleasant walks or rides. Foreigners will find much to interest them in the country round. The finest scenery is at the northern and western sides of the city, where the country is surrounded by beautiful hills, from which there is a distant view of the noble mountains of Hakone, while beyond rises in solitary grandeur the towering peak of Fuji-san covered with snow the greater part of the year. The population of Tokyo as disclosed by the Census of 1920 is 2,173,162.

The native Press is represented by some 20 daily papers, and many monthly and fortnightly publications. There is a daily paper run by Japanese in the English language called the Japan Times and Mail, which is representative of Japanese in- terests, and the Japan Advertiser, which was published for many years in Yokohama, is now published in the capital. The Far East, a weekly illustrated newspaper, British owned, is also published in Tokyo. There are 1,225 schools of different classes, in- cluding several universities, as distinct from the Imperial, or official. Three large and handsome hotels designed for foreigners-the Tokyo Station Hotel, Imperial Hotel and Seiyoken-cater to tourist needs. All are under Japanese management. A fourth foreign hotel, the Central, is under foreign management.

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