 Toyohara in 1930 |
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| In the Chekhov's period, there was the only
small village called Vladimirovka. But, at
the beginning of the Japanese Period, the
new city called Toyohara was built as the
political city of Sakhalin on purpose. The
Karafuto-Cho was situated in the center of
Toyohara from 1908. Because the Karafuto-Cho
hoped the agricultural center for immigrants,
and the Karafuto-Guards (Japanese Army in
Karafuto) hoped their own base at best strategically
position, Vladimirovka located at the middle
of SUZUYA plane and connected to Korsakov
and Maoka (former Kholmsk), was the best
place fro them. Toyohara means 'Rich Plane' in Japanese, and it is popular place name in Japan. In this name TOYOHARA was the entreaty for Japanese agricultural immigrants in those days. In 1925, Toyohara had 4,579 households and 21,103 people. It was also the industrial center of Sakhalin, the Oji Paper Mill, Sugar Factory and Alcohol Factory situated on Toyohara. was the central city of Southern Sakhalin. In 1936, Toyohara was promoted to City. Nowadays, Toyohara was changed into Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but Many buildings in the Japanese Period, for Example, the Regional Museum, and Military Law Office, and so on. |
