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KYOTO-KOBE

DIRECTORY

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

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

(Osaka) (On leave):

Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Chapman,

D.D. (Kyoto)

Rev. and Mrs. J. Hubard Lloyd

(Wakayama) (On leave)

Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Morris

(Kyoto)

Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Jones, M.D.

(Osaka)

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

Miss H. Skiles (Kyoto)

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Miss A. S. VanKirk (Osaka)

Miss L. E. Dickson (Nara) Miss M. W. Hester (Nara) Miss G. Sumners (Kyoto) Mrs. J. M. (Oglesby) (Kyoto) (On

leave)

Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Shaw (Kyoto)

(On leave,

Miss M. M. Houle (Osaka) (On leave)

JAPAN TOURIST BUREAU-c/o

c/oKyoto Station; Teleph. Shimo 8480; Cable Ad: Tourist

PORTUGUESE VICE-CONSULATE 45, Nan-

zenji, Fukuchi-cho, Sakyo-ku Vice-Consul-K, Tnabata

SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co.-Yana-

ginobaba, Shijo

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-6, Onmaye da-cho, Nishi-Shichijo, Shimokyo-ku

VORIES & Co., W. M., Architects

Omi-Hachiman; Teleph. 526; P.O. Box 2; Cable Ad: Vories, Hachimanomi

W. M. Vories, president

KOBE

Kobe, finely situated on Osaka Bay and now the fifth largest city in Japan, was originally, until its opening to foreign trade in the year 1868, a small fishing village near the once important town of Hyogo. The new port was known at first under the latter name, but in 1892 the two towns were united under the name of Kobe City and are now indistinguishable, while subsequent additions have considerably extended the municipal boundaries. Water sup- ply, electric lighting and tramways are municipal services, and there are numerous lines of motor buses run by the city and by private companies. Taxis are plentiful and cheap. Extensive harbour works have been carried out, and there are now available for foreign-going steamers five large con- crete piers, with quays on either side, owned by the government, together with a number of smaller piers, some by private concerns, all of these being connected with the main Tokyo-Shimonoseki line of railway. Two more large piers, one with a slip in the centre, are now nearing completion, while large new piers have been built for the domestic trade in Hyogo Bay. There is also an extensive anchorage, protected by breakwaters. In Kobe are the Kawasaki and Mitsubishi shipyards, both equipped with all modern facilities. In addition to the above, Kobe possesses steelworks, locomotive and carriage works, the Dunlop Rubber Company's works, a plate and sheet mill, the Nippon Keori Company's Head Offices, four mills of the Kanegafuchi cotton spinning company, sugar and flour mills and also match, chemical and other factories. The city faces the landlocked bay, and at a distance of a mile and upwards from the sea front there rises a chain of steep and picturesque hills, at the foot of which are the residential districts. To the north-east, on a range, of hills known as Rokko-zan, 2,500 to 3,000 ft. above sea-level, is a sum- mer resort, popular among Japanese and Europeans. The links of the Kobe Golf Club, which owe their inception to the enterprise of a small number of

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