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From the point of view of the foreign tourist, the most interesting and imposing sight is Osaka Castle, erected in 1583 by the famous warrior Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is now the Headquarters of the Fourth Army Divisiou, the grounds having been converted into a public park. Osaka is the seat of numerous industries, including cotton- spinning mills, shipbuilding yards, iron-works and sugar refineries. Cotton-spinning and weaving are the most important industries and there are a large num- ber of big mills in the city and neighbourhood. Recently there has been a surprising development in the manufacture of all kinds of goods for the export trade in Osaka's well-equipped factories. The Imperial Mint also is established here. From the outset the street Electric Tramway within the city limits was a municipal undertaking and at present 106 kilometres are open to traffic.

The harbour is under the control of the Municipal Harbour Department. Extensive improvements have been in progress for a number of years and still further plans are to be given effect to. Among them, the reconstruction work of the Port Osaka which was commenced in 1934 is designed for comple- tion by 1940, when a huge outer break-water, length 3,995 meters, will be constructed and water-area protected by it will amount to 5,950,000 square

meters.

By this year, on the other hand, the North Harbour Company is due to enclose an additional marine area of 2,317,000 square meters between the Shinyodo River and the Azi River

In the near future, it is expected that the Harbour will have been equipped with the most modern appliances and facilities. The present har- bour has berthing accommodation at 37 buoys for ships of 5,000 to 20,000 gross tons. Four landing piers and eight quays, all with sheds and railway facilities, have water depth of 30 feet or over. Floating and fixed wharf cranes and dry docks are available.

The trade statistics of Osaka since the War have shown great growth. The total foreign trade in 1937 consisted of 1,994,739 tons of merchandise valued at Yen 853,104,864 in exports and 5,508,515 tons at Yen 835,182,960 in imports.

DIRECTORY

AALL & Co., LTD., Manufacturers' Re-

presentatives, Import and Export- 9 & 10, Koraibashi, 4-chome, Higashi-ku; Telephs. Kitahama (23) 2574, 3197, 3278 & 3918; P.O. Box 80; Cable Ad: Aall

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J. Brandt, mng. director

Ths. Seeberg, director

A. Tanaka,

P. Kuzmichev

R. Klingenberg

do.

ACME TRADING CO., INC.-9, Mina- misumiya-machi; Minami-ku; Cable Ad: Acmetrado

ALUMINIUM UNION, LTD.-702, Asahi Building, Nakanoshima; Cable Ad: Alunion

AMERICAN TRADING CO. OF JAPAN, LTD., Importers and Engineers-Cable Ad: Amtraco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, A.B.C. 5th Imp., Western Union, 5-Letter Edition, Schofield's Eclec- tic, Bentley's

H. Hall, manager (Kobe)

A. Scheuten (Imports) S. Sasaki, engineer

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Import & Frigidaire Dept.

Bakuromachi, 2-chome, Higashi- ku; Telephs. Semba 4458, 5365 & 5366; Cable Ad: Amtraco

D. M. Forsyth, manager (Tokyo)

ANDERSON, CLAYTON & Co.'s AGENCY,

Cotton Merchants

506, Gosho

Building; Telephs. 943 and 1089 (Kitahama); P.O. Box 165 (Cen- tral); Cable Ad: Fichter

Paul J. Fichter, agent

Chas. Guttinger