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[Black & White postcard, depicting a two-storey hotel, with columns, and balconies. Set in a treed area, with trees, landscaping, and a pond in front. Four Japanese men depicted, in a variety of dress Western, tradition, and coolies] standing in the bottom left of the photo on a walkway or driveway. The photo is pasted over the diary entry at the top of page, making it illegible.
[Caption of Photo listed underneath it that reads: NIKKO HOTEL,Nikko, Japan.]

it seemed very hard work coming up
the hill and I was glad, when we
got to our rooms, double rooms the
minor one with bed & wash stand the
that with a window being arranged
as a sitting room, the hotel is very good
food plain & well cooked [long stroke of ink ____] being tired
so went to bed early
[30 in left margin] a most beautiful sunrise and the
view from our window very [fine?]
we got a guide at the hotel. Mr & Mrs
]Hartshorne] Dr & Mrs Chill A Mrs Connelly
& 2 children with our party of 4 made
rather too much fortunately Mrs
Hartshorne is very well read on Japanese
tempers & proved a very delightful