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HAKODATE—OSAKA
LAFFIN, T. M., "Exchange Market," Ship- chandler and Contractor: Tel. Ad. King
E. J. King
MISSIONS
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NIPPON GINKO (BANK OF JAPAN)
C. Watanabe, sub-manager
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (Japan Mail Steam-
ship Co.): Tel. Ad. Yusen
S. Sakaki, manager
vice-manager
SOCIETÉ DES MISSIONS ETRANGÈRES
Rt. Rev. A. Berlioz, Bishop of Hakodate Rev. C. Jacquet, vicar general
Rev. U. Faurie
Rev. J. H. Lafon
Rev, O. M. de Noailles
Rev. P. D. Dalibert Rev. E. Christmann Rev. J. E. Favier
Rev. J. J. M. Rousseau Rev. J. B. Deffrennes Rev. A. M. P. Pouget Rev. R. L. Mathon Rev. J. E. Billiet Rev. P. A. Monge Rev. P. Marion Rev. J. Reynaud Rev. F. J. Hervé Rev. F. F. Corgier
Rev. A. J. Hutt
Rev. J. Biannic
Rev. A. Cornier
Rev. Chambon
RUSSIAN CHURCH
SCOTT, JAMES, Millwright and Machinist
SEMENOFF & Co., Merchants
J. L. Semenoff (Vladivostock) G. P. Denbigh, do.
A. G. Denbigh Y. Nagano
C. Kleye T. Pallister
SISTERS OF CHARITY
Sœur Marie Auguste, supérieure
Eight sisters
TRADE HALL
B. Iwahana, chief manager
SAPPORO
HOKKAIDO CHO (ADMINISTRATION)
Governor-Baron Y. Sonoda
HOKKAIDO FLAX SPINNING AND WEAVING
Co., Ln.
Kisaka Shibusawa, president Yasutaro Uno, manager
Tokyo Office, Kitashindori, Nihonbashi
HOKKAIDO COAL MINE RAILWAY CO.
K. Takashima, director K. Inouye, Manager
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
President-Shosuke Sato, PH.D. Eight Japanese professors
MILITARY-Seventh DIVISION
Lieut.-General-Baron T. Nagayama
SAPPORO BREWERY
S. Uyemura, director
TANKO RAILWAY COMPANY
Sutezo Nishimura, president
OSAKA
Osaka is the second city in Japan in point of size and commercial importance, and has not inaptly been termed the Venice of the Far East, owing to the manner in which it is intersected by canals. The city is compact and well laid out, the streets being regular, clean, and animated. Osaka is essentially Japanese, though a go-ahead and progressive city, and possesses much of interest to the foreign visitor. It is situated in the province of Settsu, and is built on the banks of the river Ajikawa, about five miles from the sea. The river is only navigable for small vessels, and on the opening of the railway to Kobe the foreign trade of Osaka commenced to decline. Almost all the foreign firms in the latter city have removed to Kobe. The most imposing and at the same time the most interesting object to be seen in Osaka is the Castle, erected in 1583 by one of the Shoguns, the famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Though less extensive than that of Tokyo, it is a much grander and more striking edifice, and is indeed, next to that of Nagoya, the finest example of the ancient feudal castles of Japan. It is now occupied by the Osaka
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