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Before the Second World War, Talomo was once a hemp/abaca (Manila Hemp) trading center of Davao City, alongside Mintal, courtesy of the Ohta Development Company.

It was complete with a possible hemp mill, hemp processing workshops, and a jetty and landing platform to ship the processed hemps.

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For further reading: https://davaoofthepast.wordpress.com/ohta-kyozaburo-k-s-ohta/

Source of 1944 image: Allied Geographical Section South West Pacific Area Terrain Studies

Here is the recent list of the upcoming major concerts for Davao City this 2026.

Vertical Horizon: https://smtickets.com/events/view/17159

Cup of Joe: https://smtickets.com/events/view/15845

IV of Spades: https://www.tickelo.com/ivosandaluciadavao

Sexbomb:

Available on May 16

LANY: https://www.smtickets.com/events/view/17217

Note that these are just the once that have already announced. There may be more to come in the coming months.

No announcement yet for the upcoming concerts this August for the Kadayawan Festival.

Located just a short distance from the former Furukawa Plantation in Daliao, Toril, these houses have stood since the Second World War, as confirmed by 1944 aerial reconnaissance. In those wartime images, the location was labeled as a "Personnel Area."

Today, the neighborhood is primarily residential. Only a few of these original structures remain, houses that still visually carry traces of the city's past.

Source of 1944 Image: Allied Geographical Section South West Pacific Area Terrain Studies.

Further read: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-xPSuvBN5p/

(Note: no content copying/recycling intended, just stumbled upon these houses upon tinkering with 1944 maps of Davao City)

​Several houses near the center of Davao City are still standing to this day. These have stood for decades, as seen in this aerial image taken in 1944, or 82 years ago.

These most likely survived the Second World War, and were renovated/restored throughout the years. Two of these were converted to restaurants (Tola and Blondi&Bourke) while still preserving most of the structure and interior.