THE ADVANCE IN STEAMSHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THE OPENING OF HOTELS TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS CREATED A VAST NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. SHIPS COULD ACCOMMODATE MANY PASSENGERS AND THESE PASSENGERS TRAVELED WITH LARGE TRUNKS AND SUITCASES. IN JAPAN HOTELS AND STEAMSHIP COMPANIES ISSUED STICKERS AND LUGGAGE TAGS BOTH TO ADVERTISE THEIR SERVICES AND TO ORGANIZE THE BELONGINGS OF TRAVELERS. MANY OF THOSE FAMOUS HOTELS ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE TODAY: THE ORIENTAL HOTEL IN KOBE, THE IMPERIAL HOTEL IN TOKYO, THE MIYAKO HOTEL IN KYOTO, THE MIYANOSHITA HOTEL IN HAKONE AND OTHERS. TRAVEL IN THOSE DAYS WAS MUCH LONGER AND MORE RELAXED THAN IT IS TODAY. WHEN EZRA CHOUEKE BROUGHT HIS YOUNG WIFE AND MOTHER BACK TO JAPAN IN 1938, THESE DECORATIVE STICKERS AND TAGS WERE IN COMMON USE.