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 1900s
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.
Kobe 1880s
Houses at the Bund
A quiet day on the Bund of Kobe. Fishermen are working in their boats moored on a sandy beach in front of the sea wall.
1890s
Oxcart with Rice Bags
A man stands next to an oxcart loaded with tawara (俵, straw rice bags). Tawara (also: hyo) were used for holding rice, charcoal or grain.