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are on the main through line Tokyo-Shimonoseki. There are severalClubs- the Kobe Club (including members of all nationalities), the Masonic Club, the India Club, the Club Concordia (German), and the Kobe Regatta and Athle- tic Club (international). At Mirume the K.R.A.C. have a fine boathouse and large lawn for all kinds of sports. The French Roman Catholic Church is a fine stucture in Nakayamate-dori. An English Church, All Saints, was opened in 1898 and there are several native Protestant churches. There are several foreign hotels on the city.
The census of 1930 gave the population of Kobe as 787,596.
The Temple of Nofukuji, which possesses a large Bronze Budda, is situ- ated in the old town of Hyogo, and is worth a visit; and there is a monument to the Japanese hero Kiyomori, erected in 1286, in a grove of trees in the vicinity of the temple, which claims some attention from its historic asso- ciations. The bed of the old river Minatogawa was reclaimed in 1910. The upper part of the reclaimed area is now known as Minatogawa Park, where there is a City Hall, behind which is a large market. The lower part of the river-bed is a centre for public entertainments, such as theatres, cinemato- graphs, etc. The shrine dedicated to Kusunoki Masashige, who fell on this spot in 1336 during the unsuccessful wars for the restoration of the Mikado's power, stands between Kobe Station and the Okurayama Park, where there is also, a large City Library. In the park stands a bronze statue of the late Prince Ito, who was one of the most influential and powerful statesmen of Japan in the Meiji period.
Kobe's excellent railway communications, both north and south, have naturally tended to centralise trade at this port, though in recent years there has been a distinct tendency for foreign firms to migrate to Osaka across the bay.
DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS
AALL & Co., LTD., Shipping and In-
surance—7, Harima-machi ; Box 282
S. Reid, agent
P.O.
A.B.C. SHIPPING GUIDE-65, Naniwa-
machi; P.O. Box 91
C. S. Coy, manager
ABRAHAM & Co., LTD., L. D., Import and Export Merchants-50, Harima- machi; P.O. Box 85 (Sannomiya); Cable Ad: Abraham
Directors-C. A. Aslet, H. Mita,
J. Abraham, B. Abraham (Lon- don) and J. Hara (Tokyo)
ACKROYD BROS., LTD.-110, Ito-machi ; Teleph. 1825 (Sann.); P.O. Box 110; Cable Ad: Moufflon
H. C. Macnaughton, representa-
tive
F. H. Martin, technical represen-
tative
Acme Code Company, Publishers Acme Code Commodity & Phrase Representatives: Carroll Bros., & Co., 12, Kaigan-dori
ADET, CAMPREDON & Co., Wholesale Wine and Spirit Merchants-43, Ni- shi-machi; P.O. Box 290
ADET, Moss & Co., Merchants and In- surance-8, Kaigan-dori; P.O. Box 390; Cable Ad: Mossycamp
C. H. Moss
J. Masson
AHMED ABDUL KARIM BROS., Exporters
-40/7, Isobe-dori,
Isobe-dori, 4-chome; P.O. Box 6; Cable Ad: Alkamar
AHMED EBRAHIM BROS., Exporters of Hosiery, Towels and Sundries-38, Isobe-dori, *2-chome; Cable Ad: Ahmedebram
AHRENS & Co., NACHF., H. (Gomei Kaisha) Meikai Building (2nd floor), 32, Akashi-machi; Telephs. 366, 598 and 920 (Sann.); P.O. Box 30 (Sannomiya); Cable Ad: Ahrens, Nitrammon, Nordlloyd
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H. Bosch, acting partner (Tokyo) G. R. Schmidt, signs per pro. A. Kayser
H. Steenbuck
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