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OSAKA--KOBE-HYOGO

SUMITOMO BANK, Imabashi Shichome

Tel. Ad. Coppercastle

K. Sumitomo, proprietor

T. Shidachi, manager

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THIRTY-FOURTH BANK (SANJUSHI GINKO), .

LD., Korai bashi, 4-chome

Kenzo Koyama, president

Branches at Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, TOBACCO MONOPOLY BUREAU

Kobe, Hiroshima, Moji, &c.

SUMITOMO KICHIZAYEMON,

Proprietor

Besshi Copper Mines, Wakamatsu Coal Mines, Sumitomo Copper Rolling Works, Sumitomo Bank, Warehouses and Cast Steel Foundry

M. Suzuki, director-in-chief T. Shidachi, director

K. Nakata,

do.

K. Yukawa, magr, of the Head Office R. Fujio, chief auditor

TAKATA & Co., Contractors & Engineers

S. Takata, president (Tokyo)

S. Ishikawa, manager

TAYLOR, WALLACE, M.D., 15, Kawaguchi-Cho

Superintendent-Y. Watanabe

TOKYO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD.

23, Koraibashi-dori, Shichome

H. Hirao, manager

KYOTO

CAAY, Prof. C. M., Director of the Orphan- Industrial Press, 1, Daisan Koto Gakko Kwansha Yoshida, Kyoto

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SAIKI HOSPITAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL

FOR NURSES

R. Saiki, M.D.

UNIVERSITY, IMPERIAL

(Vide under Mombu Sho section)

in Tokyo..

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 1899 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 began in 1907. 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 quartër at Kobe is well laid out; the streets are broad and clean, and lighted with gas. The 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

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