Kyoto 1910s
Yasaka Pagoda
Located between Yasaka Shrine, famed for its Gion Matsuri, and Kiyomizudera, known for its enormous wooden stage, stands the 46 meter high Yasaka Pagoda, built around a single wooden shaft.
Kyoto 1910s
Kobe 1910s
Steam Launches
Harbor launches at the Meriken (American) Hatoba, for many years the main pier in Kobe.
Kobe 1900s
View from Aioibashi
A steam locomotive pushes wagons on the Tokaido railway line. The photographer was standing on Aioibashi bridge, a railway overpass, looking east with his back towards Kobe Station.
Kobe 1920s
Hyogo-Ku
A view from Kobe’s Tamondori onto Sankaku Koen (literally Triangle Park) in Hyogo-ku. The road on the right is Daikaidori (大開道), the one on the left Yanagiharasen (柳原線). It lead to Hyogo Station, and still does so, today.
Kobe 1920s
Mercantile Houses
A view on stately buildings along Kobe’s Kaigandori, known among foreigners as the Bund, sometime between 1922 (Taisho 11) and 1927 (Showa 2).
1890s
Making Tatami
Two craftsmen are making tatami floor mats at an outside work place. Their tools can be seen on top of the tatami.