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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 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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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.

14 posted on 05/25/2015 6:11:45 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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