A steeplechase is just east of the city, but it is not known whether it is government-operated. Probably it is under the Nokai (Farmers Association), which is centralized in the Government-General and has considerable sums in its budget for horse racing.

Salt water Fish Culture Experiment station, a little east of Ampin.

Military buildings:

Second Infantry Regiment, Asahi-cho.
Military Police Squad, Shimizu-cho.

Army Intendance Corps Despatch Post, Rosho-cho.
Army Garrison Branch Hospital, Sambunshi.
Other recent developments.

Schools: Eight primary schools for Formosan-Chinese; three primary schools for Japanese, and eight other schools, as follows:

Tainan Industrial Special School, Koko.

Tainan First Middle School, Sampunshi (Teishiryo).
Tainan Second Middle School, Chikuen-cho. Take-
zone-cho (Chikuen-cho).

Tainan First Girls High School, Midori-cho.
Tainan Second Girls High School, Tobansan.
Tainan Deaf and Blind School, Kotobuki-cho.
Tainan Commercial Special School, Nammon-cho.
Tainan Girls Practical School, Nammon-cho.

A new building was constructed for the normal school about 1937 at a cost of ¥730,000.

Annual production: The total value of industrial production in 1936 was ¥7,720,000, of which salt was the most important. 4,000 acres of fish-culture land had a production of ¥1,390,000. Ocean fishing was valued at ¥140,000; rice, ¥120,000; vegetables, ¥180,000; sugarcane, ¥110,000; and sweetpotatoes, ¥90,000.

Business firms: In addition to the companies listed in Part I, the following hotels and theaters are in Tainan City:

Hotels: Six hotels were reported for Tainan in 1938, the lodging fee being from ¥2 to ¥5:

Higashiya (Eastern Hotel) in Taisho-cho.

Shishunen (Four Seasons Hotel) in Hanazono-cho.
Asahikan (Rising Sun Hotel) in Nishiki-cho.
Yamatokan (Yamato Hotel) in Hon-machi.

Musashino Ryokan (Musashino Hotel) in Taisho-cho.
Naniwaken (Naniwa Hotel) in Meiji-cho.

Theaters:

Miyakaza in Seimon-cho.

Kaiza in Nishiki-cho.
Sekaikan in Ta-machi.

Shrines:

Tainan Jinja-a Government-General shrine dedicated to the Japanese Prince Kitashirakawa, who died at Tainan during the Japanese conquest of Taiwan. An elaborate festival is held annually in January. Kaizan Jinja-a provincial shrine honoring Koxinga. The Japanese have tried to claim Koxinga since his mother was Japanese. They minimize the fact that he was fighting against the Dutch as a Chinese and for the Chinese. An annual festival is held on April 30.

Jinji, in Tomon-cho-a Buddhist temple which is the oldest shrine in Taiwan. It was being used as a private school for girls.

Konteicho-an old Chinese shrine in Dai-cho. Annual festivals in the fall and spring.

Tengogu and Suisengu are other Chinese shrines; Kaigenji and Hokaji are Buddhist temples.

27. Section of Tainan City from the air. City offices appear in upper left; provincial offices above center, left.