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English: Archival photo of monuments to Ohta Kyozaburo in front of the then Japanese school (now the Mintal Public School), erected in 1926 in Bago Oshiro, Mintal (then known as "Little Tokyo"), Davao City, Philippines in honor of Ohta Kyozaburo, a Japanese entrepreneur, who shortly after the turn of the 20th century, migrated to Davao City and cultivated vast lands around the shores of Davao Gulf (particularly around the area of modern-day Brgy. Mintal and Calinan) into Abacá and coconut plantations, and who is considered by local historians as the "Father of Davao Development." He was born in Hyogo, Japan in February 1876, Ohta Kyozaburo established the Ohta Development Company, the first Japanese Abacá plantation company in the Philippines in May 3, 1907. He also established several other companies such as Mintal Plantation Company, Riverside Plantation Company, Talomo River Plantation Company, Guianga Plantation Company, and was instrumental in Davao's economic growth and prosperity. He died in Kyoto, Japan in October 31, 1917 at age 41. During WW2, subsequent bombings and occupation destroyed whatever progress was made in Guianga Municipal District of Mintal during the war. Currently, the only remnants include the Obelisk built in 1926 with the inscription: "KS Ohta, who believed in Davao and helped it to grow." Meanwhile, the Japanese pyramidal structure beside it honoring the memories of the directors of Ohta’s plantation company was destroyed and is left in ruins today. The area used to be part of a ten thousand hectare Abaca plantation which included an advanced irrigation canal system. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines erected a historical marker by the site in 2003. On May 11, 2009, a Peace Pole was planted right beside the marker by the World Peace Prayer Society.