JAPAN 
[Keustone View Co. 
GATBERING TEA NEAR KyorToa. 
in Central Hondo has given rise to the manufacture of porcelain and 
metal goods. 
All the Japanese isles are deficient in domestic animals, on account of 
the limited amount of pasture-land, and hence suffer from lack of meat, 
wool, leather, and dairy produce. Agriculture is restricted chiefly to the 
valleys and. narrow coastal plains, but by dint of careful spade cultiva- 
tion the yield is good. The soil in many parts is naturally fertile, and is 
well manured, for which purpose dried fish is largely used. "The chief 
productions of the north are wheat, barley, rice, beans, and mulberries 
grown for the silkworm. . 
South-Eastern Hondo, Shikoku, and Kiushiu.-—These areas 
enjoy dry, cool winters and hot, wet summers. The shores are washed 
by the warm Kuro-shiwo, which raises the temperature of winds sweeping 
over it. The vegetation is luxuriant, and the beauty of the flowering 
trees, shrubs, and plants is proverbial, These include cherry and other 
orchard trees, wistaria, camellia, azalca. hydrangea, chrysanthemum