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KYOTO

Kyoto from A.D. 794 to 1868 was the capital of Japan. Its sacred and classic associations as well as the picturesque character of the surrounding country combine to invest the city with an interest attaching to no other place in Japan. Kyoto has excellent hotel accommodation for foreign tourists. The city lies practically in the centre of Japan in the main line of railway, and. is reached from Kobe in less than two hours. The population, according to the census of 1930, is 765,142...

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The first Biwa Canal completed in 1895 was designed for the passage of goods and passengers and to supply water power, the second canal constructed at a cost of Y.4,477,805, supplies water for drinking, for the fire brigade, and for purposes of hydro-electricity, etc. The municipal street tramway service begun in 1908 now extends for 110.0561 kilometres.

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS

AMERICAN CHURCH MISSION-Karasu marudori Shimotachi-uri; Teleph. 2372 (Nishi-jin); Cable Ad: Amchu- miss

Rt. Rev. S. H. Nichols,, S.T.D. MUL Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Smith

(Hikone)

Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Chapman,

D.D. (Kyoto)

Rev. and Mrs. J. Hubard Lloyd

(Wakayama)

Rev. and

and Mrs. J.

J. K. Morris (Kyoto)

Dr. (M.D.) and Mrs. F. M. Jones

(Osaka)

Miss H. R. Williams (Kyoto) Miss E. L. Foote (Kyoto) Miss H. Skiles (Kyoto)

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Miss A. S. van Kirk (Osaka) Miss C. R. Powell (Fukui) Miss. M. R. Paine (Obama) Miss H. J. Disbrow (Kyoto) Miss L. E. Dickson (Nara) Miss M. Hester (Nara) Miss Thora Johnson (Kyoto) Miss G. Sumners (Kyoto) Mrs. J. M. Oglesby (Kyoto).

AMERICAN TRADING CO. OF JAPAN- -Yanagibaba Nishi-iru, Shoji-dori

CLAPES EN OTA-Shichijo, Omiya;

Cable Ad: Clapes.

JAPAN MISSION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U.S.A., THE 13, Noda, Ya- maguichi City

Miss L. A. Wells, secretary

JAPAN TOURIST BUREAU c/o Kyoto

Station; Teleph. Shimo 8480

SAGUES, BUSQUETS, F, Exporters-1, Schichijo Omiya Wake-cho; P.O. Box 8 (Gojo); Cable Ad: Sagues

SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co.-Yana-

ginobaba, Shijo

VORIES & Co., W. M. Cable Ad:

Vories