Meat shops are now common throughout the land-a thing unknown in pre-Meiji times-and rice, which used to be the luxury of the wealthy few, has become the staple necessity curso violla a the many. Postal and telegraph facilities are quite complete. Macadamized roads and well-built railroads have replaced the old footpaths, except in the most mountainous districts. Factories of many kinds are appearing in every curso violla a and city.