Firefighting equipment at a steel mill and oil refinery in Otaka, Japan. A reinforced concrete shelter is used to protect the fire fighting equipment at the steel mill. The fire fighting equipment being towed out of its underground revetment at the oil refinery. A Japanese worker removes human excrement from a out house for use as fertilizer. Grain being weighed and measured by merchant in Kyoto. People in a line wait for their ration of grains. A wagonsmiths shop in Kyoto.
Dwarf tree industry at Kikuji near Niihama, Japan. The method used to dwarf trees is wrapping the limbs with copper wires for three years period, then an additional four years period when the wire is wrapped around trunks and rims. The nursery man Mr. Iwasaki applies copper wires to the branches.
Iwaki Cement Plant located along the harbor coastline of Tsuruga Harbor, Japan. Limestone comes from hills in the far background.
Wooden houses and buildings in Kyoto, Japan after World War II. Kyoto as seen from the roof of the Daimaru Department Store. Neatly and closely packed wooden houses. A modern-three story concrete building around which are built small wooden houses. More modern buildings as well as typical wood structures. Large chimneys of houses, roof tops and tree lined streets. Shijo Street shows modern brick and concrete structures two to seven floors high. Roof-tops of the houses. A modern five-story building. A view over the tops of the wooden houses. A very narrow street with tightly packed wooden houses on both sides of the street. Shijo Street shows modern buildings as well as typical wooden structures.
Wood frame houses around a large open fire break in Kyoto, Japan. Vaults (Kiura) which are all that remain after the removal of houses for the fire break during World War II. Vaults and mountains. Wood frame houses which were left intact. Mountains in the background.
A view around Kyoto Railroad Station in Kyoto, Japan. Rooftops of tightly packed wooden houses. Modern Marubutsu Department Store in Kyoto. The main street opposite Kyoto Railroad Station. A plaza area and a part of the railroad station. Several views of the station and mountains in the background. Pedestrian traffic along a street. A modern five-story brick building opposite the rail-road station. In the foreground pedestrian traffic and people wait for trolley cars. The main entrance of Kyoto Railroad Station with people arriving and departing. A large sign on the station reads 'Kyoto Railroad Station'. People board trolley cars.
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