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160 Year Old Photos of Shinjuku's Jūnisō Discovered

I discovered three extremely rare, unidentified, and unknown photos of Jūnisō from the 1860s. Read the story about this extraordinary find.

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Jūnisō Pond Chronology

This visual chronology uses rare images to show how Nishi-Shinjuku’s Jūnisō Pond changed between the 1860s and 1960s. Maps display the viewpoints.

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Tokyo 1905/1906
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (5)

Tokyo 1890s
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (4)

Tokyo 1860
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (3)

Tokyo 1890s
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (2)

Tokyo 1910s
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (1)

Nagano 1880s
Nakasendō Highway

Nagasaki 1865
Dejima Island

Kobe 1870s
View on Kobe from Mt. Takatori

Tokyo 1890s
Koganei

Nikko 1890s
Yumoto

Hakone 1880s
Cryptomeria Road

Mount Fuji 1920s
Tagonoura, Shizuoka

Tokaido 1930
Car on the Tokaido

Yokohama 1929
Ships in Port

Hakone 1932
Hakone Lake

Nagasaki 1870s
Minamiyamate

Kobe 1880s
View from Yamate

Arima 1890s
Hot Spring Village

Yokohama 1880s
Farms at Negishi

Hakone 1890s
Rural Road

Mount Fuji 1890s
From Izumi, Shizuoka

Nagasaki 1890s
View on City and Bay