Directory_and_Chronicle_1920 — Page 549

TOKYO-YOKOHAMA

Special Members-K. Okura, S. Go, R. Kondo, S. Hayakawa, S. Hoshino, S. Ohashi, T. Wada, Z. Yasuda, K. Mago- shi, S. Sho, Y. Sakatani, T. Dan, G. Shimura, I. Matsukata, K. Ikeda, K. Ono, K. Nedzu, A. Fukuhara, M. Iwata

TOYO KISEN KAISHA (Oriental Steamship Company)-1, Yerakucho Itchoine, Koji Machi-ku; Telephs. 4,080, 4,081, 531 (Honkyoku); Tel. Ad: Toyokisen

Soichiro Asano, president

TRANS-PACIFIC,

THE-18, Yamshita-cho, Kyobashi-ku; Teleph. Sh.mbashi 2570 and 2571; Tel. Ad: Transpacif

B. W. Fleisher, proprietor and editor H. H. Kinyon, associate editor Grover Clark, business manager Staff-Will Goetling, H. W. Kinney, Mrs. Will Goetling, Miss Sarah B. Wrenn, Miss Marian Fleisher

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. 19, Mitsubishi Building, 1, Yurakucho, Itchome, Kojimachi-ku; Teleph. 4185 and 1971 (Honkyoku); Tel. Ad: Union

F. S. Boyes, branch manager

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VACUUM OIL Co. OF NEW YORK-1, Yeirakucho, Itchome, Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo Marine Building

WATSON, WILLIAM R., M.B. (Dublin), F.R.C.S., D.T.M. (Liverpool)-9, Shinryudo cho- Azabu Ku; Teleph. 4566 (Shiba)

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YAMATAKE & Co., Importers of Machinery and Tools-1, Yuraku-cho, Itchome, Kojimachi; Telephs. 478 (L.D.), 1925, 3775, 4489 and 1466 (Honkyoku); Tel. Ad: Yamatakeco

YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. THE-34, Sanchonie Hiranu-macho; Tel. Ad: Yokoruco

Baron K. Nakashima, chairman M. Kibe, managing director S. Nakagawa, director H. E. Raymond, do. G. Goto, sales manager

T. Komuro, factory superintendent

YONEI SHOTEN, Importers and Exporters, Merchants and Contractors, Agents for principal Manufacturers, Engineers, and Insurance Cos.-Head Office: 12, Ni- chome, Ginza; Tel. Ad: Akebono and Daybreak

YOKOHAMA

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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 town, having sprung up from a poor fishing village 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

a volcanic mountain 12,370 feet high- celebrated in Japanese literature and depicted on innumerable native works of art-is most distinctly visible, though some seventy-five miles distant. The native portion of Yokohama is compactly built of

compactly built of low houses with tiled roofs. The town is divided into two nearly equal parts, the western half being occupied by what was known, before the abolition of extra-territoriality, as the foreign settlement. Beyond the plain on which the town is built rises a sort of semi- circle 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 wate front runs a good road called the Bund, on which, facing the water, stand many of the principal houses and hotels. The United Club is located here. The streets are fairly paved, curbed, and drained. The English Episcopal, the French Catholic and the Union Protestant Churches are handsome edifices, situated on the Bluff, where there are also well laid out public gardens. A fine cricket and recreation ground and a fairly good racecourse are situated about two miles from the Settlement. A good boating club also