Kyoto 1890s
Gion Matsuri
A festival float is being pulled down a street during Kyoto’s famed Gion Matsuri, which takes place in July.
Kyoto 1890s
Nara 1934
Rural Houses
Typical rural houses near Nara. It is late April or early May as can be seen from the Koinobori streamers fluttering in the wind in celebration of Boy’s Day on May 5.
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 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.