Vine branches 209

Virtue, see Morality; 140;
  Supreme 120;
  Taught by hands 50

Vladivostok 214

Voelcker, Dr., 370

“Voice of one,” etc., 136
Volcanic ash 70;
  Eruption grants 312;
  Soil 309, 313

Volcanoes, see Earthquakes, Hokkaido; 108, 131, 143, 316, 390, 394

Voters, see Franchise; 124, 400

Votive pillars 211;
  clock 252

Vow 255

Vulgar words 18

Waist string 307

Waitresses 212, 315, 322, 376;
  and Foreigners 101

Waley, A., 320

“Walking out” 313, 315

Wall builders 267;
  Wall charts 124

Wallace, Robert, viii

Wallas, Graham, 86

War 203, 311, 354, 414;
  and this book xxv, 87-8;
  Bonds 187;
  China 85;
  Counsels 187;
  Great War x, 206;
  Russia, see Russia, 21, 85, 91

Waraji 15, 129, 209, 272, 279, 326

Washing 45, 317, 354;
  Washouts 182

Waste 70, 324, 385;
  of time xi;
  Planting of, see Afforestation;
  Utilisation of 48, 178

Wastrels, see Hokkaido

Watakushi 301

Watchword 259

Water 64, 126, 132-3, 262, 298-9, 390;
  Colours 286;
  Dangerous 108, 350;
  “Water drinker” 258;
  Hot piped 248;
  Pollution 350;
  On roof 177;
  Wheels 216, 263;
  Splashing quarrels 48;
  Works 52

Wax and trees 219, 400, 410

Weather, see Climate; 86, 136, 391

Weddings, see Marriages; 66, 265, 302, 332, 379;
  Tax 21

Weeds, see Paddies; 228, 263, 307, 314, 366, 385;
  “Weeding in happiness” 137

Week 126

“Weep not,” etc., 224;
  Weeping 25

Weights 350, 404;
  Lifting 16;
  and Measures xxv

Welcome tea 148

Well off 204, 264 (2), 370

Wells 27, 207

Wells, H.G., viii

West and East, Elemental things 6;
  Glamour 369;
  Importance of problem vii;
  Real barrier xii
Western art 102;
  Costumes 101;
  Dancing 101;
  Civilisation 186;
  Eroticism 101;
  Ideas 201;
  Influence 174, 330, 369;
  Literature 102;
  Music 102;
  Painting 102;
  Philosophy 102;
  Sculpture 102;
  Thought 55

Wet, see Climate

“What a happy life” 183

Wheat 307, 351 (2), 381 (2), 391, 409-10;
  Compared with Rice 351, 383;
  Imports 383

Whitman, Walt, 99 (2), 105

“Why do you wear,” etc., 288;
  “Why fasten your horse,” etc., 288

Widows 111, 197

Wild people 110

Wilkstroemia Sikokiana, see Gampi

Will 19, 314

Windbreaks 248;
  Mills 152, 251;
  and Taxes 259

Windows 358

Winnowing 215, 220