Old Photos of Japan rescues rare images of daily life in old Japan
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Osaka 1890s
Dotonbori Canal

This image still kind of baffles me. According to the title on the negative this is a view on the Dotonbori canal in Osaka. But all other photographs of Dotonbori show a much wider canal and very different buildings.

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Yokohama 1890s
Bentendori

Festival lanterns cheer up the business district of Bentendori 2-chome and 3-chome in Yokohama.

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Kyoto 1890s
Pagoda at Kiyomizu

The three-tiered Koyasu Pagoda (子安の塔) at the entrance gate to Kiyomizudera, possibly one of the most celebrated buddhist temples of Japan.

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Kyoto 1880s
Kiyomizudera

A beautiful view on the huge wooden veranda of Kiyomizudera in Kyoto’s Higashiyama area.

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1910s
Momotaro in Striped Kimono

A melancholic image of the young Japanese geiko Momotaro wearing a slightly modern Japanese hairstyle.

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Osaka 1930s
Osaka Station

A steam locomotive arrives at the overhead platform of Osaka Station sometime during the 1930s.