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TOKYO

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quake. The casualties due to this terrible visitation were as follows, accord- ing to a return issued in November by the Home Office:-Dead, 68,215; missing (believed to be dead), 39,304; injured. 42,135. The number of houses des- troyed is said to have been 316,000, or 71 per cent, of the whole of the build ings of the city; and no fewer than 1,360,000 people were rendered home- less

The soldiers and police are dressed in uniform on the western model. Though large numbers appear in European garb, the native dress still com- monly worn, and in the case of the women has practically not at all been superseded.

The environs of Tokyo are very picturesque and offer a great variety of pleasant walks or rides. Foreigners will find much to interest them in the country around. The finest scenery is at the northern and western sides of the city, where the country is surrounded by beautiful hills, from which there is a distant view of the noble mountains of Hakone while beyond rises in solitary grandeur the towering peak of Fuji-san covered with snow for the greater part of the year.

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Many of the most famous educational institutions are situated in Tokyo: In addition to the Imperial University, there is the celebrated Waseda University, the Keio Gijuku, the Meiji Gakuin, the Aoyama Gakuin, and a large number of technical, normal, commercial and other colleges.

Tokyo was opened to foreign residence in 1870 and an area of land at Tsukiji on the waterfront was set aside as a Foreign Settlement, which was largely taken advantage of by Christian Missionary bodies. With the passing of extra-territoriality, however, residence by foreigners in any part of the city became possible, and of late years many foreign firms have established offices in Tokyo.

DIRECTORY

For Japanese Firms See Classified List of Trades) (For Embassies and Legations See Pages 100-102 )

AALL & COMPANY, LTD., Importers, Exporters, Shipbrokers, and Steam- ship Agents-Mitsubishi, 21st Bldg., Marunouchi Telephs. 925 and 926 (Marunonchi); P.O. Box 41 (Cen- tral); Cable Ad: Aall

O. Morten Henningsmoen, mgr.

AGENCE HAVAS-Dentsu Building, 1, Nishi-Ginza 7-chome; Telephone 2121 (Ginza); Cable Ad: Havas

AGFA GOMEI KAISHA, Importers of

Photographic Supplies 10, Maru- nouchi, 2-chome; Teleph. Marunou- chi (23) 1953: Cable Ad: Agfafoto

AHRENS & Co., NACHF. H. (Gomei

Kaisha) Yaesu Building, Maru- nouchi; Telephs. (23) 2545, 2546 and

2547 (Marunouchi); P.O. Box Cen- tral 137; Cable Ads: Nitrammon, Nordlloyd and Ahrens

H. Bosch, managing partner C. G. Gadow, partner (Shanghai) Fr. Schneider, signs per pro. H. Schreiner,

W. Babick

A. Kayser

Frl. A. Weineck

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Engineering Department

Dipl. Ing. O. Ruhl, signs per pro. Ing. L. Kopp

Dipl. Ing. A. Kiewnick (Obering,

from Rheinmetall-Borsig A. G.) Frl. A. Rost

Frau 1. Mondenach

ALLEN, SONS & Co., LTD., W. H. Mechanical and Electrical En- gineers 6, Marunouchi, 2-chome, Kojimachi-ku; Teleph. 4646 (Maru- nouchi)