条約上の行動範囲・旅券

4.—Treaty Limits; Passports. Foreigners* have the right to reside without passports at the “Open Ports” (also called “Treaty Ports”) of Yokohama, Kōbe, Ōsaka, Nagasaki, Hakodate, and Niigata, and at any place within a radius of 10 ri, that is, nearly 24½ miles from those ports. The last place on the Tōkaidō railway, coming from Yokohama, at which one may stay without a passport is Kōzu. Tōkyō, though not properly an Open Port, may be visited without a passport, as may also its immediate neighbourhood; and the night may be spent at the Imperial, Tōkyō, Club, and Seiyōken Hotels, or at a friend’s house without let or hindrance.

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Passports for visiting other portions of Japan may be obtained by tourists and all others not in Japanese employ by application to the diplomatic representative of the country to which they belong, these diplomatic representatives obtaining them from the Japanese Foreign Office. Thus, Englishmen must apply to the British * “Foreigners” (Jap. gwaikokujin or ijin) is the word universally employed in Japan to denote all persons of Caucasian race. It will sound odd to new-comers to hear Englishmen speaking of themselves as “foreigners,” “we foreigners.”

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4 Introduction:—Guides. Minister; and Americans to the United States Minister, both of whom, as also the majority of the representatives of other countries, have their Legations in Tōkyō. Foreign employés must apply through their Japanese employers. It should be distinctly understood that passports, though never refused, are of the nature of a favour. They cannot be demanded of the Legation authorities. Properly speaking, the tourist should present himself in person at the Legation to make the application. When this is impossible, a note should be written to the Minister, explaining the circumstances and requesting that the passport be sent to such and such a place.

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This application should be forwarded through the Consul of the port at which one is staying. The Hakone-Miyanoshita-Atami district is an exception. Passports for it can be obtained of the Kenchō (Prefecture) or of the Consuls at Yokohama on payment of a small fee. A similar rule holds good at Kōbe with regard to passports for the Kyōto-Nara and Lake Biwa district, and at Nagasaki for the baths of Ureshino and Takeo. The Japanese authorities generally insist on being exactly informed of the route the traveller purposes taking. He is therefore advised to make out his application with great minuteness, mentioning as many routes and places on each route as possible.

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This he can best do either by copying portions of the headings and names of the chief places in the itineraries given at the beginning of each Route in this volume, or by taking counsel with some resident friend. After all, he is not obliged to visit every place on his programme, which had therefore better err on the side of over-fullness than on that of scantiness. It would be highly convenient if the Japanese authorities would grant passports for all Japan; but this they almost invariably refuse to do. Passports are, however, granted for certain routes termed ‘Fixed’ or ‘Regular Routes,’ lists of which are kept at the British and American Legations.

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The word ‘Fixed’ or ‘Regular,’ as thus used, is not meant to imply that travel is in any way restricted to the routes in question. The arrangement is meant only to save trouble to the applicants as well as to the authorities. An application for a passport should state the time for which the passport is desired. From one to three months is the time which it is generally advisable to mention, applications for longer periods being liable to be refused. It is also desirable to state that the journey is intended “for the benefit of my health.”

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