Animated physical map of Japan showing major cities of the country. Streetcar moving in front of the Asahi Shimbun building in Tokyo, Japan. Art deco buildings in Tokyo. St. Luke's International University (10-1 Akashicho, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0044, Japan) in Chuo, Tokyo. People shopping at a department store in Ginza district. People stand outside a kabuki theater. Pedestrians and neon lights at Ginza. A train leaves a subway. View of a subway tunnel. A policeman directing traffic. Pedestrians crowd a street. Women wearing kimono cross a bridge and walk towards a lake with Torii gate.
Trade fair in Osaka, Japan. Sign written in Japanese (katakana characters) saying “シェルアイスメーカー” (“Shell Ice Maker” in English). Shell Ice Maker machine is demonstrated. Water flows over chilling columns on which it freezes and then cracks and falls into collection box. Crushed ice falls into the ice maker collection box. Sign at exhibit states its capacity is 2 tons per day of ice. A Japanese man working for Japan Pepsi Cola Company (present day Pepsi Japan franchise now under Suntory) shows a scale model of a Pepsi Cola bottling plant. Japanese man explains the Pepsi Cola bottling plant model. Bottles of Pepsi products are seen behind the man. Logo of Pepsi Cola is displayed on the Pepsi Cola booth in the trade fair
Tokyo, Japan before World War II. Views of bridge over river and birds fly near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. View of the Niju-bashi Bridge. Flock of birds flying in Tokyo. Japanese crowd in streets and residential area. Many views of modern buildings for government, offices, businesses, and residential areas of Chiyoda, Tokyo. National Diet Building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan) in Chiyoda City. Embassy buildings of foreign governments. Point of view street views of busy Tokyo streets as seen from a moving vehicle or streetcar (beneath streetcar or trolley wires). View of buildings at Ginza district. View of the iconic Wako Clock Tower (4 Chome-5-11 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan) in Ginza. Night views of lighted neon signs in busy Tokyo urban center.
Tokyo, Japan before the Second World War. Elegant, modern salons. Japanese people wearing Western clothes having coffee at a sidewalk café. Coffee is poured into a cup. View of Tokyo Station. Passengers at Tokyo Station waiting for trains and leaving in trains. Clock shows time. A train leaves Tokyo Station. View of Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan). Airline passengers board a Japan Air Transport plane on tarmac at Tokyo Haneda International Airport. Plane takes off. Mountains shown including Mount Fuji.
Busy streets in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese people shop, cross streets, and ride bicycles. Aerial view of Tokyo after World War 2. View of the Japanese National Diet Building (Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo) in Chiyoda district. Japanese Prime Minister of Japan Yoshida Shigeru addresses the parliament. Japanese men, women and ministers attend the National Diet. A new bill is passed. Hand flips through the pages of the new bill written in Japanese. Contrasts the progress of women with that of men in Japan. A Japanese man and woman. Japanese children playing in playground. A woman holds her child. A salaryman father laughs with wife and two children at home. Japanese man wipes sweat off his head with a napkin. An old farmer working. People crossing a street. Japanese men and women crowd a busy street. View of Japanese women work as traffic police officer, as telephone operators, as caretaker of family,voting and as an architect.
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.
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