Tokyo 1920s
Asakusa Nakamise
The Nakamise souvenir shops at the Buddhist temple Senso-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo. In the back the huge Niomon (仁王門) entrance gate can be seen.
Tokyo 1920s
Tokyo 1910s
Asakusa Nakamise
The Nakamise souvenir shops at the Buddhist temple Senso-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Yokohama 1930
Bentendori
Yokohama’s Bentendori was a popular shopping street that lost most of its charm when it was destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
1930
Washing Clothes
Women in traditional clothing are washing clothes in small tubs at public washing place in Kamakura.
Tokyo 1934
Traffic in Nihonbashi
Cars and street cars on Chuodori in Nihonbashi in May 1934. The photographer took this photo from the intersection of Chuodori and Eitai-dori (永代道り).
Tokyo 1934
Asakusa Nakamise
This photo of a crowd walking past shops along the approach to the Buddhist temple Senso-ji was taken some time in May 1934. Notable is that while most men and even the children already wear Western clothing, the women still wear kimono.