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Kobe 1910s
View from Sea

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Unknown
Medium	Postcard
Period	Taisho
Location	Kobe
Image No.	70130-0014
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

View of Kobe city as seen from the harbor, sometime between 1908 and 1918.

The building with the orange roof at the foot of the mountains far left is the Tor Hotel (built in 1908). The big building on the right of the center is the Oriental Hotel (built in 1907).

The office buildings of the trading company Mitsui Bussan (built in 1918) and the famed shipping companies Nippon Yusen (built in 1918) and Osaka Shosen Kaisha (built in 1922) have not yet been built.

To see a close-up of part of this area in the 1880s, see Kobe 1880s • Houses at Bund.

For information about the above-mentioned buildings, see Kobe 1920s • Mercantile Houses.

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Published August 6, 2008
Updated December 4, 2021 1:33 PM

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Old Photos of Japan aims to be your personal museum for Japan's visual heritage and to bring the experiences of everyday life in old Japan to you.

To enhance our understanding of Japanese culture and society I track down, acquire, archive, and research images of everyday life, and give them context.

I share what I have found for free on this site, without ads or selling your data.

Your support helps me to continue doing so, and ensures that this exceptional visual heritage will not be lost and forgotten.

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Kjeld Duits

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Reference for Citations

Duits, Kjeld (December 4, 2021). Kobe 1910s: View from Sea, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on April 16, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/167/view-from-sea

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Kobe 1910sView from Sea