Osaka’s Kitahama business district in the 1920s. New concrete buildings contrast sharply with nearby wooden architecture. It felt modern and vibrant and was praised as “magnificent urban beauty.”| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
Osaka’s brand-new heart in the 1920s, the government district on Nakanoshima. The imposing building in front is Osaka City Hall, completed in 1921 (Taisho 10). From here a modern Osaka was created.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
After Japan’s first powered airplane flight in 1910, bird’s-eye view maps boomed. This essay explores a masterpiece of this genre, a 1924 map of Osaka.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
Share the mission! Help save Japan’s unique visual heritage and safeguard it from being lost and forgotten.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN