THE EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK PRINTED IN JAPAN 1902- PRESENTED AS IT IS . THE SOURCE-  UP TO DATE GUIDE FOR THE LAND of the RISING SUN. WITH MAPS AND NUMEROUS PICTURES  BY H. HOTTA  FIRST EDITION- SKOBE. LYOKOHAMA. STOKYO. LOSAKA. ZP MARUYA & Co LTD MARUZEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA  1902-03    AINU IS THE NATION OF AINU. HOKKAIDO is situated on the north-east of Japan proper having an area of 36,000 square miles. It was known for some two thousand years under the name of Yezo. Originally peopled by Ainu, a semi-savage race expelled from the Main Island by the Japanese. In Meiji era, the Japanese Government established a Colonization Bureau (Kaitakushi) and took steps to develope the place;  Hokkaido of to day is altogether different from the Yezo of thirty years ago. The principal towns are Hakodate, Otaru, Sapporo which have the same latitude as New York, Marseilles, and Rome respectively.The mountains which are neither precipit...