Old pictures of Tokyo [Archive]

waterloo

February 26th, 2006, 09:09 PM

やっぱり今度にも enjoy Korea/Japanから持って来たの. 毎度感じるのだが, 日本は本当にベウルゾムがマンダヌンゴだ. すごいね! 2006年 Skyscrapercityでは, 韓日-働いた友好を引き続こう! 翻訳がよくできたのか分からないね...- .-;;

Tokyo City Hall U/C
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/21000/20060226114092109103556200.jpg

Nishi Shinjuku
http://tinypic.com/4vjuhz

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_15.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_16.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_13.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_18.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_10.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_23.jpg

Ginza
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_85.jpg
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_86.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_91.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_93.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_78.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_14.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/2465/2465_63.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/2465/2465_64.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_05.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_36.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_31.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_09.jpg

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/4020/4020_08.jpg

Renkinjutsushi

February 27th, 2006, 05:31 AM

안녕하세요! :)

Thanks again for sharing pics of Tokyo in the past, it's really interesting to see how much has changed in Tokyo as the years go by. :okay:

coldstar

February 27th, 2006, 12:26 PM

사진 고마워요, waterloo

LordMarshall

February 28th, 2006, 12:41 AM

very nice

i like the pic of the Tokyo city hall :okay:

:)

JT9DAK47

March 1st, 2006, 05:40 AM

Wow. im planning to go Tokyo and Kyoto next year somewhen *-*

I specially want to be Tokyo tower at night and see the night scenery of Tokyo!!

Awesome

Nick

March 4th, 2006, 04:43 AM

Renkinjutsushi

March 4th, 2006, 07:12 AM

Great pics.Thanks for sharing.

Its funny.

That was a time when Japan was one of the richest countries in the world.Yet the fashion was very conservative juding on the pics.

No cute girls in boots,short skrits,shorts and other crazy clothing
Hehe, I just noticed that. Maybe the not so conservative fashion types would be restricted to a few wards as these pics were taken in very public and crowded areas.

Nick

March 4th, 2006, 08:54 AM

True.

I guess back in the 80s Japan still looked to other western nations for influence when it came to fashion.

One of my students told me this.Apparently the Japanese started going nuts in the Harajiku in the 70s but didnt truely experiment without the west untill the early 90s,which reached the mainstream by the late 90s.

When I see pictures of my school parties back in the mid 90s everyone is dressed very conservatively.Something happened in 1997 I think?

From that year the women started wearing sexy leather,cowboy hats,short skirts and all that other wonderful stuff I see everyday.

For the record.I came to Japan in 1999.Just at the end of the leather,cowboy hat and boot phase.Yippie!!!

dom

March 5th, 2006, 01:52 AM

Lovely pictures. From what I can see Tokyo looks even cleaner in the 1980s than it is now.

I wish I could have been working in Japan in the 80s.... it really was the leading country in the world then.

There was another thread with photos of Tokyo in the 80s... can the photos on that thread be transferred to this one?

ArkiLurker

April 19th, 2008, 06:04 PM

Hi there,

I wonder if you could post old pictures of Tokyo especially during the early 20th century. Is Tokyo 'prosperous' back then? I am so curious how progressive Japan is back in those times.

Please close this thread if there is already an existing one.

Hanshin-Tigress

April 19th, 2008, 08:26 PM

check this site out it has alot of pictures. Click neighborhoods etc

http://www.oldtokyo.com/

FML

April 19th, 2008, 08:48 PM

Ginza, 1933.
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7682/ginza1933ve5.jpg

Ginza, 2008.
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/270/ginza2008un2.jpg

Shinagawa, 1937 or before.
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3866/35ha3.jpg

Shinagawa, 2008. It's surprising that the arrangement isn't very different.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1825/e007375123312292tk3.jpg

See this site (http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm) for other pics of 1930s.

FML

April 19th, 2008, 08:50 PM

The pictures of one old bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonbashi). (I did not take any pics by myself, but stole them via Google.)

1662
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7485/nihonbashi1662lm7.jpg

1833
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7762/nihonbashi1833dx6.jpg

1872
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9595/nihonbashi1872gm9.jpg

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3684/nihonbashi1872bdw4.jpg

1877
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7522/nihonbashi1877df6.jpg

1910
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/280/nihonbashi1910sfd5.jpg

1921 (the current bridge)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3060/nihonbashi19212bm5.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6718/nihonbashi19213et1.jpg

1923, right after the quake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake)
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7531/nihonbashi1923xw0.jpg

1953
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4829/nihonbashi1953wk0.jpg

1956
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7392/nihonbashi1956yl7.jpg

1970
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3452/nihonbashi1970wo0.jpg

2008
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2279/nihonbashi2008di0.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9083/06022014pc1.jpg

FML

April 19th, 2008, 08:52 PM

I of course can not post without mentioning this. :)
Source (http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/graph/20071228/index.html)

1927
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9512/1927kp6.jpg

1951
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6412/1951cg6.jpg

1959
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/9211/1959zs6.jpg

1965
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9118/1965ga2.jpg

1978
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/782/1978uk5.jpg

2008
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3120/10872910ri0.jpg

FML

April 19th, 2008, 08:54 PM

Tokyo, Kyoto, and various places, 1897.
(The oldest moving pictures shot in Japan.)
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Tokyo, 1919.
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Tokyo, 1935.
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, 1930s.
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Brand new car by Nissan, 1936/1937.
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Tokyo. 1940.
q9IIf9jR00A

Hanshin-Tigress

April 19th, 2008, 08:59 PM

めっちゃかっこいい :applause:

FML

April 20th, 2008, 02:34 AM

Edo, 1865 or 1866
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Panorama_of_Edo_bw.jpg/800px-Panorama_of_Edo_bw.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Panorama_of_Edo_bw.jpg)
(Click for a larger image)

When I saw this famous pic of Edo, I wanted to shoot a pic to see the current view of the same place. Unfortunately (or not), I just found some cool blogger (http://cliff-pinder.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/c5377553-1) already had the same idea.

This is the view of exaclty the same place (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=ja&q=%E6%B8%AF%E5%8C%BA%E6%84%9B%E5%AE%951-5-3&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&ll=35.66478,139.74839&spn=0.00309,0.005236&t=h&z=18), 2008.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5682/307176vt0.jpg

Another famous pic of Edo, 1865 or 1866.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6443/0604140003ln6.jpg

The same place (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=ja&geocode=&q=%E6%B8%AF%E5%8C%BA%E4%B8%89%E7%94%B01-4-74&jsv=107&sll=35.650017,139.742242&sspn=0.006181,0.010471&ie=UTF8&ll=35.654027,139.740987&spn=0.00309,0.005236&t=h&z=18), 2008.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/318/307169en0.jpg

See his site (http://cliff-pinder.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/c5377553-1) for other interesting comparisons.

April 20th, 2008, 03:46 AM

Are there any sites that have the old subway maps in large size?

ArkiLurker

April 20th, 2008, 02:14 PM

Whoah... thanks a bunch guys for sharing all these nice photos. It seems like Tokyo is also very "European" looking at that time.

flymordecai

April 20th, 2008, 08:02 PM

Thanks! Tokyo was very advanced even back in those days.

Hanshin-Tigress

April 20th, 2008, 08:26 PM

Whoah... thanks a bunch guys for sharing all these nice photos. It seems like Tokyo is also very "European" looking at that time.

hmm some parts yeah

FML

April 21st, 2008, 08:56 AM

Are there any sites that have the old subway maps in large size?

I would like to know that too, but I suspect there isn't any (for Tokyo).
Your closest bet may be searching Yahoo! Japan Auction (http://search.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/search/auc?p=%CF%A9%C0%FE%BF%DE) to buy the maps by yourself.

D.D.

April 21st, 2008, 05:37 PM

いつか日本に行きたいです。　

castermaild55

May 18th, 2008, 10:21 AM

１９７１,tokyo expressway
Highway scene from Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972)
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japanese001

May 19th, 2008, 10:07 AM

jrcJ1kJPt8I

tokyo asakusa
右にある高層の建物は1890年に開業した凌雲閣と言う１２階建ての高層建物です。
日本初の電動式エレベーターが設置されました。
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5410/zyunibgg1.gif

Hanshin-Tigress

May 20th, 2008, 05:37 AM

^^ 驚いた！

christos-greece

May 21st, 2008, 07:50 PM

http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/10455497.jpg

http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/10455500.jpg
:cheers:

castermaild55

June 4th, 2008, 04:33 PM

[QUOTE=FML;19834845]Edo, 1865 or 1866
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Panorama_of_Edo_bw.jpg/800px-Panorama_of_Edo_bw.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Panorama_of_Edo_bw.jpg)
(Click for a larger image)

http://oldphotosjapan.com/images/251.jpg

in 1890
http://oldphotosjapan.com/images/189.jpg

http://oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/132/view-on-tokyo

http://oldphotosjapan.com/images/252.jpg

Momo1435

March 6th, 2010, 10:11 PM

With the restructuring it's more easy to look back into the past to find some interesting but forgotten threads. This one gave me the idea to search for 1980s pictures of Tokyo on Flickr.

I found this interesting set by CanadaGood with pictures from 1983 and 1985.

Ikebukuro

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/3067774870_77443976db_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/3066938233_608aeed047_b.jpg

Kabukiza Theatre

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/3066951615_fd9f5ff726_b.jpg

Harajuku

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/3066936135_8ba343b6a2_b.jpg

View of Shinjuku from Sunshine 60

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/3066955589_7b93fdb7f8_b.jpg

Shinjuku station

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/3066955773_26f49a7c2a_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3067754368_03e195f883_b.jpg

80s vending machines

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3066955031_1423428413_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/3066954839_11771abcd3_b.jpg

Asakusa Gate

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3066936345_df4e73cf3f_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/3067398683_673ddd7992_b.jpg

Shinkansen at Tokyo Station

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/3067407327_aafa740b03_b.jpg

Akihabara

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/3067395113_0968665ce1_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/3066932723_667323b5f3_b.jpg

Ginza

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3067774124_a91199c1a2_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/3066938493_54840202af_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3067400507_d8f904b92e_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/3066914013_74693c26af_b.jpg

Shinjuku by night

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3066908313_16982baee1_b.jpg

The whole set by CanadaGood can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadagood/sets/72157610469246720/detail/

Momo1435

January 24th, 2012, 07:46 PM

1969

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6455697633_73f717aa2f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455697633/)
44-082-Edit.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455697633/) by johnrellis (http://www.flickr.com/people/28122377@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6455695697_632aaa46ae_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455695697/)
44-080-Edit.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455695697/) by johnrellis (http://www.flickr.com/people/28122377@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6455686769_08896a9e9e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455686769/)
44-072-Edit.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455686769/) by johnrellis (http://www.flickr.com/people/28122377@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6455678225_0ed8971fa5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455678225/)
44-064-Edit.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455678225/) by johnrellis (http://www.flickr.com/people/28122377@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6455675257_41914f724e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455675257/)
44-062-Edit.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455675257/) by johnrellis (http://www.flickr.com/people/28122377@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6455668621_1f38f65632_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455668621/)
44-058-Edit.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122377@N04/6455668621/) by johnrellis (http://www.flickr.com/people/28122377@N04/), on Flickr

Momo1435

January 24th, 2012, 07:48 PM

1971

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6647528963_492af932a9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6647528963/)
Mt Fuji from Tokyo Tower at sunset 1971 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6647528963/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6641981319_e9cfcd0c1c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641981319/)
winter evening from Tokyo Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641981319/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6641980701_54417f4e42_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641980701/)
Tokyo harbor from Tokyo Tower at sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641980701/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6641979125_0dd05330ba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641979125/)
temple in Tokyo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641979125/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6641977663_54dec596a2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641977663/)
Tokyo tower from the monorail (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641977663/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6641976665_a17a605f8e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641976665/)
riding the monorail (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641976665/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

Momo1435

January 24th, 2012, 07:51 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6641974639_3ced262cf1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641974639/)
commuter rail station in Tokyo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641974639/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6641972183_6123b35dc2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641972183/)
express (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641972183/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6641970717_3a223e4423_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641970717/)
a model railroader's dream come true (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641970717/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6641969795_fde02d9f32_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641969795/)
look at the wires (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641969795/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6641968435_4c9b89ac4c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641968435/)
Trolly cars in Tokyo 1971 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641968435/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

Momo1435

January 24th, 2012, 07:53 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6641967683_70f6e087c4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641967683/)
Nissan on display in 1971 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641967683/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6641966167_1bcc95ae9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641966167/)
Tokyo at night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641966167/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6641965001_99337c6e78_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641965001/)
traffic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641965001/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6641964305_763bb81247_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641964305/)
Mt Fuji (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641964305/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

Gag Halfrunt

January 25th, 2012, 12:51 AM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6641970717_3a223e4423_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641970717/)
a model railroader's dream come true (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/6641970717/) by SSAVE (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssave/), on Flickr

The same location in 2011 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=87834276&postcount=3152) by quashlo:

The famous train confluence. I got five this time: two Marunouchi Line trains at bottom, two Chūō Local trains, and one Chūō Rapid train.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6397664375_bfc4f28a12_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7591050@N06/6397664375/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7591050@N06/6397664375/) by quashlo (http://www.flickr.com/people/7591050@N06/), on Flickr