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Club, the India Club, the Club Concordia (German), and the Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club (international). At Mirume the K.R.A.C. have а boathouse, tennis courts and a large new swimming-pool. There is an Eng- lish Church, All Saints, a Union Church (Protestant) and a French Roman Catholic church, also a number of Japanese churches of various denomina- tions. Kobe possesses two good foreign hotels, the Tor, on the hill, and the «Oriental, on the Bund.

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The population of the city Kobe is given as 828,589 (end of 1931).'

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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.

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DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS

AALL & Co., LTD., Steamships Agents and Brokers. 16, Harima-machi, Kobe-ku; P.O. Box 282; Cable Ad: Aall

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

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Directors C. A. Aslet, B. Abra- ham (London), J. Abraham, H. Mita and J. Hara

Acme Code Company, Publishers Acme Code Commodity & Phrase Representatives: Carroll Bros., & Co., 12, Kaigan-dori

ADET, MOSS & Co., Wholesale Wine and Spirit Merchants-8, Kaigan-- dori; Teleph. San. 2422; P.O. Box 390; Cable Ad: Mossycamp

C. H. Moss J. Masson

K. Yamamoto M. Kajigaya

AHMED ABDUL KARIM BROS., Exporters -407, Isobe-dori, 4-chome; P.O. Box 6; Cable Ad: Alkamar

AHMED EBRAHIM BROS., Exporters of Hosiery, Towels and Sundries-99, Isobe-dori, 2-chome; P.O. Box 195; 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

H. Bosch, acting partner (Tokyo) G. R. Schmidt, signs per pro. H. Steenbuck

H. Vogel

G. Broetje

Agents for

Stickstoff-Syndikat G.m.b. H., Ber-

lin. Fertilisers.

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen.

Passenger and Freight Line

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (See Associa-

tions & Clubs)

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