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.
Yokohama 1930
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.
Tokaido 1930
Car on the Tokaido
A single car on a modernized Tokaido, the main connection between Edo (current Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603 and 1867).
Miyajima 1930
Fishing Boats
Fishing Boats off the coast of Miyajima (宮島), also known as Itsukushima (厳島), in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. The island is famous for its beautiful shrine, torii gate in the sea and rich fishing grounds.