Directory_and_Chronicle_1933 — Page 358

SHIDZUOKA

Shidzuoka is the centre of the Japan tea trade, and is situated on Suruga Bay. There is also a large trade in fruit, and lacquer and bamboo ware are also exported in considerable quantities. Shidzuoka's foreign trade is con- ducted through the port of Shimizu. Population 136,480 according to the 1930 Census.

IDA

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS

AMERICAN TRADING CO. OF JAPAN, LTD.

-Gofuku-machi

HELLYER & Co., Tea Exporters-Kita- ban-cho; P.O. Box 27; Cable Ad: Hellyer

IRWIN HARRISONS-WHITNEY, INC., Tea Exporters 56, Kitaban-cho; -P.O. Box:50; Cable Ad: Crosfield

M. J. B. Co., Tea Exporters-103, Suyehiro-chos P. O. Box 29; Cable Ad: Mjbco

RISING SUN PETROLEUM Co-Near Shidzuoka Railway Station; Teleph. 640 (L. D.)

SIEGFRIED SCHMIDT Co., Tea Export- ers-87, Shinmei cho; P.O. Box 37; Cable Ad: Siegmsit

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW York-243, Minami Anto Toyodamura; Teleph.

289 290

T

NAGOYA

Nagoya is the third largest city in Japan, coming after Tokyo and Osaka. It has an area of 148 sq. kilometres and a population, at the end of 1931, of 1,061,516. To the north extends the fertile plain of Nobi watered by the Kiso, Nagara and Ibi Rivers, and to the south stretch the calm waters of Ise Bay. The climate is temperate. Thus this district developed steadily from early times, becoming one of the centres of communication between the East and West of Japan. After the construction of Nagoya Castle, famous for its golden dolphins, Nagoya grew into a large and prosperous city. After the Restoration of Meji, with the opening of railways and the construc- tion of harbour works, the city developed rapidly, and now, together with Tokyo and Osaka, divides the country practically into three parts, and has become the actual, as well as the nominal, centre of mid-Japan. The city by no means boasts of her famous sights or historic remains, but is proud of the fact that she is still in her youth and showing remarkable progress, parti- cularly in her commerce and industry.