A garden in the Ginkakuji Pavilion, also known as the Silver Pavilion (2 Ginkakujicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 606-8402, Japan) in Kyoto, Japan. Three Japanese women take a walk. They walk to edge of a pond where their image is reflected in water. Maiko girls talk and laugh. The women are Geisha and Maiko, professional performance artists trained in traditional Japanese performing art styles, from the Gion district of Kyoto.
Arrival of army wives in Yokohama, Japan. A banner on a ship at Yokohama Harbor reads "Welcome to Japan". Army officers and men of the American Occupation Forces await the arrival of their wives. Women disembark from the ship. They meet their husbands. United States Army General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger greets his wife.
Buddhist temples in Kyoto, Japan. Three Buddhist priests walk towards an altar. Two priests carry a tray to the altar. A sacred Buddhist ceremony inside the temple at Kamo Shrine. Three priests walk along the courtyard of Kamo Shrine and walk out through the red painted gateway of the shrine. The main gateway to Kyoto. The main gate of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto shows school children going through the entrance. The main altar of Kiyomizu Temple shows Japanese people paying their respects. Pagoda in Kiyomizu Temple (1 Chome-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0862, Japan). Interior of the chapel at Saint Francis Hospital and School. Reverend Father Monfette at the altar performs the Catholic Mass. The Catholic priest having just ended the mass, turns to people, and gives the last blessing.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Broken granite column pieces on the ground. The base of a granite lantern whose upper portion was separated by a blast. Debris of granite on the ground. A granite torii at the entrance of the Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in the background.
View of various Japanese submarines near Sasebo, Japan. Smoke rises from the submarines hit by United States carriers after the end of World War II. Japanese submarines sinking.
Various captured Japanese submarines near Sasebo Japan during Operation Road's End. View of the U.S. Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830). United States Navy Martin PBM Mariner drops bomb on Japanese submarine. Smoke rises from the submarine as it sinks.