Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1917 — Otaki Is Jnpan's Rarnum. [ARTICLE]

Otaki Is Jnpan 's Rarnum.

For a generation the amusement garden in Tokyo, the “Hanayashikl,” has been one of the sights of the Japanese capital. It Is situated In the beautiful Asakwsa park, which hat many natural as well as artistic adorn, meats. Its proprietor, Katsusaburo Otaki, now a millionaire, has decided to retire from the show business, but he has refused nil offers for the property unless they come from residents of Tokyo, says East and West. The income of “Hanayashiki” has averaged 600 yen ($300) per day. The famous temple of Kwannon, goddess of mercy, is in another part of Asakusa park, which is a great holiday resort for citizens of the capital, poor. The population of Tokyo has grown from 857,780 tn 1880 to 1,969,833 in 1905. <