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Popular Activities In Japan: Interest in goldfish spread quickly; they were common in Europe by the late 1700's and in North America in the late 1800's. Although interest in keeping other types of tropical fish has caused goldfish keeping to decline in many countries, the showing, keeping, breeding, and selecting of goldfish strains are still especially popular activities in Japan and China.
Griffis wrote extensively on Japan and other countries in the Orient. His first book on Japan, The Mikado's Empire (1876), went through many editions. Others included Japan—In History, Folk-lore, and Art (1892), The Religions of Japan (1895), and The Japanese Nation in Evolution (1907). His interest in the development of the Orient led him to write Asiatic History, Cliina, Corea, and Japan (1881) and Corea -the Hermit Nation (1882). Although he did not visit Japan again until 1926, he kept himself well informed, and when he revisited the country, he was welcomed by many friends whose ways he had pictured to Americans.
In order of the size of attendance, the most popular of the other activities provided in recreation centers were softball, baseball, picnics, ice skating, wading, tennis, athletic meets, golf, handball, horseshoe games and shuffleboard. Among the popular but less available facilities were archery ranges, ski jumps, and toboggan slides. During and after World War II canteens and other recreation centers for teen-age youth were established in many communities.
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