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TOKYO
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Tramways have been extended in all directions; very frequent service is maintained with Yokohama. The whole of the city is lighted by electricity. Lines of telegraphs, amounting in all to 200 miles, connect the various parts of the city with one another, and with the country lines. The main streets are broad and well kept.
The soldiers and police are dressed in uniform on the western model. Though large numbers appear in European garb, the native dress still com- monly worn, and in the case of the women has practically not at all been superseded.
The environs of Tokyo are very picturesque and offer a great variety of pleasant walks or rides. Foreigners will find much to interest them in the country round. The finest scenery is at the northern and western sides of the city, where the country is surrounded by beautiful hills, from which there is a distant view of the noble mountains of Hakone. while beyond rises in solitary grandeur the towering peak of Fuji-san covered with
snow the greater part of the year. The population of Tokyo as disclosed by the Census of 1930 was 2,070,529.
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The native Press is represented by some 20 daily papers, and many monthly and fortnightly publications. There is a daily paper run by Japanese in the English language called the Japan Times, which is repre- sentative of Japanese interests, and the Japan Advertiser, which for many years was published in Yokohama, is now published in the capital. There are 1,348 schools of different classes, including several universities, as distinct from the Imperial, or official. The best hotel for foreigners is the Imperial. There are also the Tokyo Station Hotel, Marunouchi Hotel, and others patronised by foreigners,
DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS
(For Japanese firms see Classified List of Trades) (Government Depts., Embassies and Legations seé pages 263-266)
AALL & COMPANY, LTD., Importers, Exporters, Shipbrokers, and Steam- ship Agents-Mitsubishi-21st Bldg., Marunouchi; Telephs. 925 and 926 (Marunouchi); P.O. Box 41 (Cen-1 tral); Cable Ad: Aall
Cato N. B. Aall, managing director Johan Brandt, director (Osaka) Ths. Seeberg, director & manager
ACME TRADING CO., INC.-3, Makicho, 3-chome, Kyobashi-ku; Teleph. 3239 (Kyobashi); Cable Ad: Acmetrado
AGFA GOMEI KAISHA, Importers of Photographic Supplies Marunou- chi, 2-chome, 10; Teleph. Marunou- chi (23) 1953; Cable Ad: Agfafoto
AHRENS & Co., NACHF., H. (Gomei
Kaisha)-Yaesu Building, Maru- nouchi Telephs. (23) 2545, 2546 and 2547 (Marunouchi); P.O. Box Cen- tral 137; Cable Ad: Nitrammon, Nordlloyd, Ahrens
H. Bosch, acting partner P. von Schubert (Shanghai)
Fr. Schneider, signs per pro. H. Schmid, agric. expert, do. H. W. J. Schreiner, E. Avering (Formosa)
W. Babick
F. Gilbert
Miss U. Dann
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A. Kayser K. Ziegler
do.
G. R. Schmidt, signs per pro.
(Kobe)
G. Broetje (Kobe)
H. Vogel
do.
H. Steenbusk do.
H. Umbhau (Yokohama)
Agents for
Stickstoff-Syndikat, G.m.b. H., Ber-
lin. Fertilizers
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen.
Passenger and Freight Line
ALLEN, SONS & Co., LTD., W. H.,
Mechanical and Electrical
En- gineers-6, Marunouchi, Nichome, Kojimachi-ku, Teleph. 3763 (Maru- nouchi); Cable Ad: Manifesto
G. B. Slater, representative (ab-
sent)
S. Yoshiyama