To: chajin
The site of the Otake oil refinery, is today called Shunan, a merger of towns inclufing Tokuyama (something common in the last generation in Japan); the spot is about 20 miles SW of MCAS Iwakuni, or about 40 miles SW of Hiroshima. I believe the refinery was subsequently rebuilt and is still a major employer in the town of Shunan. It should be noted that the Shinkansen station in that town still uses the old city name, Tokuyama.
12 posted on
05/25/2015 5:53:21 AM PDT by
RayChuang88
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To: RayChuang88
I believe the refinery was subsequently rebuilt and is still a major employer in the town of Shunan.I was looking at the Google Earth picture of the mini-peninsula, and from above it looked like something having to do with oil was going on there--plus a bit further inland the map said there was a liquid hydrogen depot.
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05/25/2015 6:11:45 AM PDT by
chajin
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