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SHIDZUOKA

Shidzuoka, known in feudal times as Fuchu, 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 quan- tities. Shidzuoka's foreign trade is conducted through the port of Shimizu. Population 136,480 according to the 1930 Census.

DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS

HABIBULLAH Co., H. M., Tea Export-

ers-75, Kitaban-cho

HELLYER & Co., Tea Exporters-117, Kitaban-cho; P.O. Box 27; Cable Ad: Hellyer

P.O.

IRWIN-HARRISONS-WHITNEY, INC., Tea

Exporters-56, Kitaban-cho: Box 50; Cable Ad: Crosfield

M. J. B. Co., Tea Exporters-103,

Suyehiro-cho; P. O. Box 29; Cable Ad: Mjbco

SHIDZUOKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND

INDUSTRY-Hon-machi

SIEGFRIED & COMPANY, Tea Exporters --87, Shinmei-cho; P.O. Box 37;. Cable Ad: Siegco

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 1933, of 1,114,311. 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 Eastern and Western ports 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 its famous sights or historic remains, but is proud of the fact that it is still in its youth and showing remarkable progress, particularly in its commerce and industry

Nagoya is called "Chukyo," or Central Capital, and now includes Atsuta which was, in former times, an important stage known as "Miya" on the Tokaido (Highway), where the traffic was very heavy. But since the intro- duction of modern methods of travel, and especially since the construction of railways, the City of Nagoya, being in close proximity to Atsuta, has grown rapidly in importance.