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TOKYO-YOKOHAMA

TOKYO CHIGARU KYOKWAI, Tokyo Geogra- phical Society, 10, Nishi Konyacho, Kyobashiku

President-H.I.H. Prince Kitashira-

kawa-nomiya

Vice-Presidents-Marquis N. Nabe-

shima, T. Enomoto

Hon. Sir F. R. Plunkett, K.C.M.G., B. H. Chamberlain, Ernest M. Satow, J. Dautremer

TOKYO CLUB, Rokumeikwan, Uchi Yama-

shita cho

President-H.I.H. Prince Kitashira-

kawa Yoshihisa

Vice-Presidents-Viscount N. Okabe,

H. W. Denison

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Committee Capt. Bougonin, E. Dun

T. B. Glover (hon. secretary_and' treasurer), K. Hatoyama, W. Heise, Lieut. S. Kawamura, R. Musujima, Marquis T. Okubo, M. Suyenobu C. Murray Duff, manager

TOKYO KAIJO HOKEN KWAISHA, (Tokyo Marine Insurance Co.), Minami Kaya. bacho

TSUKIJI DISPENSARY, 18, Akashicho Tsukiji

A. W. Thompson

WERNICKE, DR. F., 14, Kaminibancho

WHITNEY, DR. W. NORTON, 3, U.S. Legation

YOKOHAMA.

Yokohama is the principal Treaty port of Japan, and was opened to foreign trade in July, 1859. It is situated on the Bay of Yokohama, a small bay on the Western side of the Gulf of Yedo, in lat. 35 deg. 26 min. 11 sec. N., and long. 139 deg. 39 min. 20 sec., in the island of Honshiu, and is distant about eighteen miles from the capital, with which it is connected by a line of railway. The settlement stands on what was originally a swamp, and-the town having sprung up only since the site was selected for a treaty port instead of the little town of Kanagawa-possesses few attractions for the visitor. The scenery around, however, is hilly and pleasing, and on clear days the snow-crowned summit and graceful outlines of Fuji-san, a volcanic mountain 13,540 feet high- celebrated in Japanese literature and depicted on innumerable native works of art is most distinctly visible though some seventy-five miles distant. Yokohama is compactly built of low houses with tiled roofs. The town is divided into two nearly equal parts, the western half being occupied by the foreign settlement. Beyond the plain on which the town is built rises a sort of semicircle of low hills called "The Bluff," which is thickly dotted with handsome foreign villas and dwelling-houses in various styles of architecture, all standing in pretty gardens. From these dwellings charming prospects are obtainable. Along the water-front of the foreign settlement runs a good road called the Bund, on which, facing the water, stand many of the principal houses and hotels and the United Club. The streets in the foreign settlement are fairly paved, kerbed, and drained. There are Anglican, French Catholic, Union Protestant, and native Mission Churches in the settlement. A fine Cricket and Recreation Ground exists in the Settlement, and there are well laid out Public Gardens on the Bluff. A Theatre and Assembly Rooms, neatly built of brick, was opened on the Bluff in 1885. The chief public buildings in the native town are the Kencho, opposite the British Consulate, the Town Hall, which has a clock tower, and the Custom House, a fine building erected in 1885. The Railway Station is also a creditable structure, being a well designed and commodious terminus. The town is now in the enjoyment of an excellent water supply, large Waterworks having been completed in 1887. The harbour is much exposed, and new works for its improvement have been designed by the Government. These include two breakwaters of an aggregate length of 12,000 feet, so projected as to practically enclose the whole of the anchorage, leaving an entrance 650 feet wide between their extremities. A pier 2,000 feet long at which vessels may load or discharge is also included in the scheme. A graving dock will probably be constructed by private enterprise. There is a fairly good Race Course situated about two miles from the Settlement. Yokohama is well supplied with hotels, some of which afford good accommodation. There are three English daily papers published in the port, namely, the Japan Gazette, the Japan Herald, and Japan Daily Mail: the latter has also a weekly edition.

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