Tourism in Kyoto, Japan. View of the Higashi Hongan-ji Buddhist Temple, which towers far above the tightly packed Japanese homes (Japan, 600-8505 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward). View of the wooden Torii gate inside a Shinto shrine near the Higashi Hongan-ji. A fire breaks opposite eight-story Marubutsu Department Store (presently known as Kintetsu Department Store). Mountains in distance. Another view of Higashi Hongan-ji Buddhist Temple and related areas. A view around Kyoto Railroad Station (Higashishiokoji Kamadonocho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan). Rooftops of closely packed wooden houses and other buildings.
Black market activities between Japanese civilians and members of the United States occupation force in Kyoto, Japan. An American driver of a jeep deals with Japanese civilians and does some illegal transaction. Two guards of the military police arrive and grab the trio. Military police checks the documents of the American. Japanese Civil Police arrests Japanese Nationals.
Street activities in Kyoto, Japan. Markets and an amusement arcade including early Pachinko machines. People operate penny arcades. People in an open air market. People near a cobbler shop. People buy from shops. They walk on a sidewalk. Street trams passing by. Women in kimonos.
Count Ōtani Kōzui, the 22nd Abbot of the Nishi Honganji sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, with his family in Kyoto, Japan. Count Otani's family in their garden in Kyoto. Count Otani is the head Priest of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple. Mrs. Kazuko Otani, the sister of the Empress Teimei (the mother of Emperor Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa), holds a baby. Count Otani smiles at the baby. His elder daughter plays with the baby. Count Otani, his wife, three sons and two daughters walk along a path in the garden.
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.
The art and crafts of Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese artist polishes an object with charcoal and coats it with red lacquer. The artist gives the final touch. The final polishing with Tonoko Clay. Lacquer products displayed are red coffee pots, wine cups, cigarette sets, trays with gold dusted base and fan design and a stationary box.