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173. The Imperial Hotels, Ltd., (Imperial Hotel, Metropole Hotel) Aisaku Hayashi, Managing Director [[image]] Telegraphic Address: "Impeho Tokio." Codes- ABC 5th Edition, Western Union. Imperial Hotel Tokyo, March 26th 1911. My dear Colonel - Your good letter of Feby 16th should have been answered earlier, but many unlooked for things happened and the days have been full since it came. I made a trip to Nara, Horiuji, Uji, and quickly thereafter came on here, where I am receiving much more attention than I deserve. Yesterday afternoon the leading collectors of this city, along with Marquis Inouye, Baron Takahashi, Viscount Kaneko, and others gave me a reception and later a fine 209