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YAAMI HOTEL,
MARUYAMA PARK,
KYOTO, JAPAN.    
TELEPHONE No. 115.

Kyoto Nov 4 1909

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old scenes and encouraged by ancient traditions which still cluster around Maruyama hill. During [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] the first four days in Kioto of my present trip, I patronized a modernized hotel - the food was good, the hotel clean, the service perfect, but I could not tell whether I was in Singapore, Shanghai, or Kioto - modern improvements, so called, in the Far Eastern hotels are all factory-made and sold in portions to suit. The old Yaami as it stands today is changed only by destructive fire and honorable use, [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] and while in size it is only a shadow of its former self, the shadow or mere shell is still truly old Japan. And its the old call that brought me here. The food however, is so poor, I may be starved out of this ancient place, back 

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