OSAKA-KYOTO-KOBE-HYOGO
TAYLOR, WALLACE, M.D., 15, Kawaguchi-cho
Miss Marion Allchini Miss Hill
Miss A. Cloby
31,Kawaguchi-cho
THIRTY-FOURTH BANK (SANJUSHI GINKO)
LD., Korai bashi, 4-chome
Kenzo Koyama, president
Agency
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
TOBACCO MONOPOLY BUREAU
Superintendent-Y. Watanabe
691
TOKYO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Ln.
23, Koraibashi-dori, Shichome
H. Hirao, manager
VACUUM OIL Co., of New York, No. 4
Chome, Utsubokitadori Nishi Ku
J. W. Webb, representative
KYOTO
Kyoto from A.D. 794 to 1868 was the capital of Japan. Its sacred and classic associations as well as the picturesque character of the surrounding country combine to invest the city with an interest attaching to no other place in Japan. Kyoto has excellent Hotel accommodation for foreign tourists. The city lies practically in the centre of Japan on the main line of railway, and is reached from Kobe in about three hours.
DIRECTORY
ORPHAN INDUSTRIAL PRESS, THE-Yoshida
Machi
Director Prof. C. M. Cady
KOYTO UNIVERSITY, IMPERIAL (See Mom- i
hu-Sho in Tokyo section); Teleph 460. President--Baron D. Kikuchi
KYOTO HOTEL---K. Inouye, proprietor
MIYAKO HOTEL
WILMINA JOGAKKO, American Presbyterian Mission Girls' School, Niyemon-cho, Higashi-ku
Miss Agnes Morgan Miss Sallie Alexander Miss Evelyn Maguet Miss Annie Hail
KOBE-HYOGO
Kobe was until 1892 the foreign port of the adjoining town of Hyogo and was opened to foreign trade in 1868, but in 1999 the two towns were incorporated under the title of Kobe City, when the City Municipal Law was put into force. The port is finely situated on the Idzumi-nada, at the gate of the far-famed Inland Sea. The harbour is good and affords safe anchorage for vessels of almost any size, but to extend the facilities for loading and discharging an extensive scheme of harbour improvement was begun in 1907 and is proceeding. The two towns face the land-locked water covered with white sails, while behind, at a distance of about a mile, rises a range of picturesque and lofty hills, some of which attain an altitude of about 3,000 feet, and the steep sides of which are partly covered with pines. On one of these hills, Rokkosan, are a number of foreign residences, the place having become a favourite summer resort. The summit of this hill has been well prepared for the purpose, several miles of excellent paths making walking on the hills easy and enjoyable. Among the attractions of Rokkosan are excellent golf links. Kobe and Hyogo stretch for some five miles along the strip of land between the hills and the water, and the former is rapidly extending in the direction of Osaka, which is connected with Kobe by the Hanshin Electric Railway. What was at one time known as the foreign quarter at Kobe is well laid out the streets are broad and clean, and lighted with gas. Bund has a fine stone embankment and extends the whole length of the foreign business quarter. The foreign houses are neatly built, and the Sannomiya railway station, within three minutes' walk of the Bund, has a very English look. The railway terminus is at the other end of Kobe, where it meets Hyogo, and there are extensive carriage works adjoining the station. There are four Clubs-the Kobe Club (British, but including members of all nationalities), the Club Concordia (German), the Masonic Club, and the Oriental Club (Indian). At Mirume the K. R. & A. C. have a fine boathouse and large lawn for all kinds of sports. The Union Protestant Church and a French Roman Catholic Church are in what was formerly known as the Concession. An English
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