The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-15
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| Kobe. neat to Yokohama the most N portsnI
! port Of Japan has been open 10 foreign trad.
since 49,. The adlscent city Of Hiogo belong.
10 the municipality of Kobe. which Iensthens
! out for 4 distance OF about hve miles embracing
the deep. well constructed hsrbor The port
| gives entry io the busy manufacturing city VI
OsasA - well as IA kioto and other neighbour o
towns aud the hArbOT can shelter the largest
vessels IN the world The reputation Of hObe IL
over a0oD besides a large conuugent Of
foreigners. Formerly Uogo VAS the larger VI
the two c,uss - The municipality and the prin
. cf?al CON u. srciAl quarter Win The rapid prog
r'ss 81 hobc city the scales have turned Vow
ne qa's' Atyc aspect % Hiogo sin striking
coIuaNi 20 the brisk proErcssiNe European ap
pestauce of Kobe kOh- II SIS miles from TOsio
. railway tourney Of fourteen hours.
The Mi'sIUi>hl dock yards are the greatest
ami most prominent 10 the japanese shlpbulldlnE
world Vessels Of over 1860 tons BE- Dullt
ths-e The 'wo AoAtInE docks are able 70 sceommo &.
date vessels Of ). EO and OD tous respectively
Besides shipbuiliinG the yards manufacture steam
motor sag mes and other machinery
leu Jtou>snd people are empIoy 81 at the Eo
sa@a .rine. producing copper. gold. SILVER and
other minerals The yeATiy outpIt Is worth
s. sau on. 20 which one half i copper
Intsaa aud Jiusen are the two principal ports
90 ,orrA iTsAn IL ~ the best ports Ia the
lar Pest Only ihiriy mites fr,tu ne northern
sIren.lS % TsushimA Island. Japan The Town
has rue streets aud u dsusely popssteI All
over the toNn commercial activity Ia Ia evidence
The population Iudrs ~ Gs Jspans.s whose
standardization Of th~ loSn l. alldly iucreAslng
it. prosperity JinSen. open IN IrGde since isss
was 'hen Onls = small Dshing Village u - also
prosp.rous. Wi'h a population % a'o one 'lifi
IAphusse
Corea has . population OF !: 0uo0D. lie Ares
II Eeariy s1UO square miles nder iaEAness
,OntTOi ana management CorrA = beEinhIaG 10
develop m1rNrliousIy The Greet Iot~sn ITO.
riiAI a. Stol T. magnificent bnIinS well
~ ippe!
Sigbau-u % Nh'ch ihe soa'hern hs'f beiongs
10 span IL - IaTse island forming be western
currently VI TIE - .ssnr-s fmyire siusted vest
OF the Osotsutu Sea Tho whole island formerly
belonged 10 Japan. but ASS ccded 20 " Ssa In 80;
hsi' OF It came bAck 10 Japan Ia the sctusHent
u the Russo lapanese wA' about 500 -agarr
niles The climate IL rig!I and COMMUNICATIONS
are poor ssJsi DtNrIbVm'nts Of .s aETiculi. r.
aud forestry are bs'ey begun Is waters are
rl'h IN salmon herring whales otter Sh'e SC
The people - the Jspsnc's hai' mbrr a. zoo
OF " BON 'S0 thirds arc Jspsnssr
HaLOrate. !sisnd OF HOAsaido. IS Wo square
miles win q !oy4lAtO % 500 = ou- OF ne
I'VE principal open ports OF Jspsn Nrothtr
prosperous pert i Ofstu Nth sO01 pop IIaVoa
me Island Ahounds In coal and urher Iarg.
4.nrure, - zach being exported lloLaAido O..
rrgsraei as one OF To Crelt-s' n,Lrr. nArhr'.
Of ne word Inc soii - ~tcssdiuFN '~Ttr- md
rhr create pa OF II = sfiii virgin -o ~ reason
o. the is aug abundant T-soIfCss nj - shf tine
and rsusaN iac'.iH~s lioAss'do l. called the
WArrho ~ iJaU1n
s~ruisl Vl'h i.uDI inhsbraui, ~, fcrarIed A.,
fhf Cttltes' tOVu 10 northern lap. 10 q. rot
ont, great N Indu>'r, rcr wheat end tea f,u.
lts MANY advanced scholastic Institutions Tus
.1EtlSnuoa Of nor hrssi'rn Japan j. frprr>-r'-d
rt rTdsi
Nags,a,i ls tuc oilcs, port 10 'apan vaerr m
.rs' foreigners rof'.f T-rJCtsn'a landed
I-r' carSaEo ~. ar" Of trs '.- rrort .nrpf ant
port. Of the roJnt.y. ui'h popula ton OF 80 s.
ne latsesI Ne>seis ~ he void can Anchor "A tts
-ps,'oIs harboT
OSAKA Is the wralthcst commercial ana NAM.
fsctu-ing rity In Japan what CrnfornN l. 20
he : nitsd states usisA 10 ~ Japan says hs7
,s,,ni.'-, JapIn li i he most democratic
Ani Inda stTiOus city N the empire. ana 60,
efs eight square miles osaka teens Win rivers
and canals And las good hhrhor. The imperial
milt a. O.atr o, the most modern model irsu
o. ZION Of ~ stnd
kio;o 8, s,u-eu ~ A. the Psr. ~ the World
F,rryth. here u beautiful % WAs formerly
me capital Of the empire u has population 81
lS1sD Wiihn the city limits are - Buddhlst
temple, aud A. Sb!nto shrnrs The principal
products are pottery and porcelain. cut ,eI,etA
cio soune wares. brocsde> aud epBroldrrie.
The besup Of tne products Is sEHIncaut Of the
beauty Of tue place
Nagoya l. the fourth greatest city 10 Japan
vim = population Of .iOUp u has two sold
doIphlus statues one u whch 10 worth Ji.7:4l 0D
u 9, . Ou-Y commercial city vlfL me hArbor
10 roIrse Of COusir IcuOn - prosperity dates
from lSlU
The most hourishlnG treaty port In Japan IL
NokOhamA. eighteen mites By trolley from TosIo
reputation - UoO. uith . foreign oolony Of SOD
only nifty ysars ago u usS . mi-erable nshing
village In iS4 ten years after Commodore
Perry ana his seven vessels go isred the port the
nrst newspsper IN Japan Was issued II, \ okobama
Then came me Toxic Yokohama railway In Ia5,
snd SEs ~ the same ume In ISS the telegraph
system vas Installed NokohAmas progreS. in the
last hfty years nss been truly phenomenal
ToAio. the capital covers 'birty square mites and
has 80 IN houses and 'no.Go people
% AytaaIoa CIs,h1ua