Old Tokyo

“Amakusa (天草, ‘Heaven’s Grass’) is a series of islands off the west coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan. Although most people today visit Amakusa to en...

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See also: Asakusa Rokku (Theater Street), c. 1910-1950. Kokusai Theater, Asakusa, c. 1940. Five-Storied Pagodas, c. 1910-30. “Asakusa has been a popular entertainment district since the beginni...

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The privately-owned and operated Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. was founded on June 16, 1884 as the Osaka-Sakaikan Railway, the first railway company in Japan to be established purely by priva...

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See also: Peace Commemorative Exposition, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1922. “Preparations for the Tokyo Peace Exposition which is to be held next spring in Uyeno Park are advancing apace. “A large forc...

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See also: Nakajima E4N2 reconnaissance floatplane, military recruitment postcard, c. 1935. Nakajima E8N, “Dave”, c. 1935-45. “The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 was a German two-seat fighter floatp...

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See also: Skiers, Japan Alps, c. 1940. “Ski”, Takada (Joetsu), Japan, c. 1915. “In Japan during recent years the number of ski-runners in Japan has greatly increased, as skiing is considere...

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See also: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, c. 1965. “The temple of Horyuji rises from the vast plain a few miles from the old capital of Nara. “Unlike the many hillside temples of Kyoto that blend into...

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See also: Grand Fleet Review, Osaka-Kobe, 1930. Kaishiki No. 1 biplane & Yamada dirigible, c. 1911. Graf Zeppelin visits Tokyo, 1929. “The Navy Department has purchased from Italy the airship �...

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See also: Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokane, Tokyo, c. 1920. “You may have wondered just what sort of a school Meiji Gakuin is … It is a school for boys that in the early days was supported ...

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See also: M.S. “Oto-maru”, Inland Sea routes, O.S.K. Lines, c. 1930. “Principal services of O.S.K. Line”, Osaka Shosen Kaisha, c. 1930. The Nishiki Maru was launched in 1934, and started ...

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