Cherry blossoms, the national flower of Japan, during cherry-bloom holiday week, Uyeno Park, Tokyo

Cherry blossoms, the spring-time glory of the cherry blossoms in Uyeno Park, Tokyo, Japan

The "lotus-flower," a typical game played by Japanese children during cherry-bloom festival, Tokyo, Jaban [i.e., Japan]

Along the moat surrounding the Imperial Palace Park, during the gorgeous cherry-bloom season, Tokyo, Japan

Cherry-blossoms along the moat surrounding the Imperial Palace Park, Tokyo, Japan

A canopy of cherry blossoms over beautiful Mukojima Avenue, (north), Tokyo, Japan

Cherry-bloom at Ishikawa Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Holiday outing of a Japanese school, under the beautiful cherry blossoms, Tokyo, Japan

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan

In the heart of the flowery kingdom, Nara, Japan

The dwarf with his heavy load on a mountain road, Japan

O-Koma-San had the toothache last night so she tries a prayer on the toothache shrine, Japan

Amidst the beauties of springtime--dwarf cherry trees at Omuro Gosho temple

Liberty Square with Parliament House--One of the finest sections of Budapest, capital of Hungary

Passengers disembarking from Tangier boat - looking toward Signal Hill, Gibraltar

[Burg Katz castle above the Rhine River at St. Goarshausen, Germany]

Grand Opera, the largest theatre in the world, cost six million dollars, Paris, France