Abstract
The cold-storage warehouses in the city of Nagoya are generally divided into the warehouses expanded from ice-manufacturing factory and the warehouses developed by capitalization of marine industry in accordance with the classification by lineage of capital. The warehouses grown from ice-manufacturing factory are conducted generally on a small scale with their principal location in the old town area in frequent cases. The warehouses completed by marine industry are dependent on the wholesale market. Since the cold-storage warehouses keep a great quantity of foodstuffs for consumers, they are located in most cases in the mercantile area, in terms of the town structure, where intermediate wholesalers flock together.
A regional character of stored goods is evident in marine products in Atsuta-ku, in livestock products in Minato-ku and in greengrocery products in Nishi-ku, and stored goods generally common to all wards are ice-cream. In general, existence of wholesale markets and harbor facilities exercises strong influences upon the regional character of stored goods.
As for regional flowing trends of stored commodities, warehousing clients are from all parts of the country while delivering clients are almost within the locality. Therefore, the warehouse may be called the consuming locality type warehouse from the standpoint of performance.
Commodities of perishable foods are apt to be divided into small quantity during storage and their owners often change naturally. Such a dividing process is the distinctive peculiarity of marketing foods and it is the vital factor essential to the location of the coldstorage warehouse.
