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The Japanese do not leave any land lay waste or idle and I presume it has all been under cultivation for many centuries.  At Tokyo one of the large canals was flanked by great stone walls to a heigh of 25 or 30 feet, the stones used being the usual andesite lava. They were like rough Inca work no mortar being used & the stones being irregular but well fitted.  The walls slanted [[crossout]]way [[/crossout]] inward [[crossout]]so as to a [[/crossout]] at a slight angle as with Inca walls.  The usual rock used is andesite practically no other was seen.  In some of the temples the flooring was of white granite.  The wooden pillars doors & other wooden parts of temples were a light red like our Cal. Redwood apparently the [[cryptomeria?]] tree.