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TOKYO

VORIES & Co., W. M., Architects- Fujiya Ruilding, Toranomon, Shiba-ku

WALKER GOSHI KAISHA-Fujiya Build- ing, 1, Kotohira-cho, Shiba-ku; Teleph. Shiba 2304; Cable Ad: Walkerco

WALTHAM WATCH Co.-Shigo-Kan, Naka- dori, Marunouchi; P.O. Box 83 Central; Cable Ad: Waltham

WARNER BROS. FIRST NATIONAL PIC- TURES (JAPAN) INC.-Tokyo Tate- mono Building, 3 or 7 Gofukubashi 3-chome, Teleph. Nihonbashi 3908; Cable Ad: Firnatex

WEINBERGER & Co., C.-3, Naka-dori,

Marunouchi; Teleph.

Teleph. Marunouchi (23) 4727; Cable Ad: Weinberger

WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. (ORIENT) LD.- Osaka Building, Uchisaiwai cho; Teleph. Ginza 2702; Cable Ad: Jerpi

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE Co.-665, Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi ; Cable Ad: Westinghouse

Fred S. Thomas, Engineer for

Orient

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC INTERNATION- AL Co.-784, Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi; P.O. Box 121; Cable Ad: Wemcoexpo

W. L. Newmeyer, special repres.

WRIGLEY CO., LTD.-8, Minami Kin-

roku-cho, Kyobashi-ku; Cable Ad: Spearmint

P. D. Brown, managing director

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK (see Banks)

YORKSHIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.-Ka- takura Building, 2, Kyobashi, 3- chome, Kyobashi-ku; Čable Ad: Yorkshire

K. J. Brown

ZEISS, CARL (Kabushiki Kaisha)-Yu- sen Building (7th floor), Marunou- chi; Telephs. 3065 and 3066 (Maru- nouchi); Cable Ad: Zeissag

Paul Henrichs, director (Jena) Alfred Simader, do.

Herman F. Kuh, do

(Dresden) (Tokyo)

C. Billmeyer, M.E., signs per

pro.

Helmut Schulze Erich Clausnitzer Ludwig Eckert Willy Haenssgen Miss Ilse Heinrich

YOKOHAMA

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Yokohama is situated on the Bay of Tokyo, in lat. 35 deg. 26 min. 11 sec. N., and long. 139 deg. 39 min. 20 sec., and is distant about 20 miles from the capital, with which it is connected by both steam and electric railways. A very small fishing village when it was opened to foreign trade in 1859, its proximity to the capital quickly led to

to its development and it was for many years the leading port of Japan. The surrounding scenery is hilly and pleasing, and on clear days the snow-crowned summit and graceful outlines of Fuji-san, 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 75 miles distant. The town is divided into two parts, the western part being occupied by what was known, before the abolition of extra-territoriality, as the foreign settle- tlement. Beyond the plain on which the town is built rises a sort of semi- circle of low hills called "The

"The Bluff,” on which are situated the residences of

of many

members of the foreign community. Along the waterfront runs a good road called the Bund, on which stand the