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A distant view of Yokohama Station

This is the original Yokohama Station designed by American architect R. P. Bridgens and built in 1871. The building is of stone and wood construction. This is the site of present-day Sakuragi-cho Station. Connecting to Honmachi Dori on the right is Benten Bridge, a triple-arch bridge built by the Train Works Division of the Ministry of Engineering in 1871.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐28‐0]

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The German Club and Honmachi-dori Avenue

Although capturing the same scene, this photograph was taken later than photograph #3163. The German Club on the left had been renovated, its second floor veranda incorporated indoors. The Yokohama Post Office on the right was reopened in this brick building in 1889 as the Yokohama Post and Telegraph Office.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐3‐0]

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Yokohama German Club and Honmachi-dori Avenue

Yokohama German Club and Honmachi-dori Avenue==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

The neighbourhood of Honmachi 1-chome. The building on the left is the Yokohama Town Meeting Hall designed by American architect R. P. Bridgens and completed in 1874. This building and its clock tower were landmarks on Honmachi Dori but burned to the ground in 1906. The site is now the Yokohama Archives of History Memorial Hall.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐1‐0]

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The German Club and Honmachi-dori Avenue

Honmachi Dori Street seen from the foreign settlement. The building on the left is the German Club built in 1869 (architect unknown). The tower in the centre is the Yokohama-machi Meeting Hall designed by R. P. Bridgens and built in 1873. The Yokohama Post Office constructed in 1875 is visible across the street from the tower.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐61‐0]

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Benten-dori Street

View of Benten Dori 3-chome from 2-chome. The main street of Kan'nai, Benten Dori runs two blocks south of Honmachi Dori. It was the centre of the trading business of Yokohama and the site of shops opened by prominent silk companies like Hara, Mogi, and Ono.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐46‐0]

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Benten-dori Street

The main street of Kan'nai, Benten Dori runs two blocks south of Honmachi Dori. It was the centre of the trading business of Yokohama and the site of shops opened by prominent silk companies like Hara, Mogi, and Ono. The location of the gaslight suggests that this Benten Dori 1-chome.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐36‐0]

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Benten-dori Street

The main street of Kan'nai, Benten Dori runs two blocks south of Honmachi Dori. It was the centre of the trading business of Yokohama and the site of shops opened by prominent silk companies like Hara, Mogi, and Ono. The location of the gaslight suggests that this Benten Dori 1-chome.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐18‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

View the foreign settlement from the intersection of Nihon Boulevard. The building with a veranda on the right is the German Club built in 1863. The club moved into a new building at this location (No.173) in 1869. The building on the far right is a part of the American Consulate.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐8‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

View from Honcho Dori 1-chome to 2-chome. Honmachi Dori served as Yokohama's main street from the opening of the port, and many large trading companies had offices here. The fireproof warehouse-style building on the right is Hiranuma Shoten, a charcoal shop standing on the corner of 2-chome. The Western-style building next door is Tanaka Shinshichi Shoten.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐9‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

View from Honcho Dori 1-chome to 2-chome. Honmachi Dori served as Yokohama's main street from the opening of the port, and many large trading companies had offices here. The fireproof warehouse-style building on the right is Hiranuma Shoten, a charcoal shop standing on the corner of 2-chome. The Western-style building next door is Tanaka Shinshichi Shoten.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐130‐0]

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Osu Kannon Temple and the five-story pagoda

Honmachi Dori, which connects Nagoya Castle and Atsuta, was the main street in Nagoya during the Edo Period. Osu Kannon is located on the west side of Honmachi Dori. This photograph was taken from south of Osu Kannon. The buildings are (from the left) the main hall, five-story pagoda, and study. The kuri (priests' quarters) is in the background to the right. The theatre is in the right foreground. The Nio Gate is on the far right. Nagoya Castle is visible in the distance to the north between the main hall and the pagoda. A picture postcard using a similar photograph is entitled, View of Osu Kannon taken on May 12, 1880 and published by Zentokuji Temple. This photograph was probably taken around the same time. It is the same photograph #4145.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐121‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

View from Honcho Dori 1-chome to 2-chome. Honmachi Dori served as Yokohama's main street from the opening of the port, and many large trading companies had offices here. The fireproof warehouse-style building on the right is Hiranuma Shoten, a charcoal shop standing on the corner of 2-chome. The Western-style building next door is Tanaka Shinshichi Shoten.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐80‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

View from Honcho Dori 1-chome to 2-chome. Honmachi Dori served as Yokohama's main street from the opening of the port, and many large trading companies had offices here. The fireproof warehouse-style building on the right is Hiranuma Shoten, a charcoal shop standing on the corner of 2-chome. The Western-style building next door is Tanaka Shinshichi Shoten.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐3‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

A photo of the snow scene in Motomachi of Yokohama. The clock tower is that of the Yokohama city office (built in 1874), and the building to the right in the fore is the postal and telecommunications office where the Yokohama city office comes later.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number43‐24‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

Honmachi Avenue is a street leading to the Yokohama Kaisho from Benten Bridge near Yokohama Station. Banks and corporations gathered in Honmachi dori, the centre of commerce in Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐8‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

The caption reads Yokohama, main street in English. Consulates, the prefectural office, post and telegram office, silk inspection office, and court houses lined the street in Honmachi. The clock tower in the photo is the Yokohama City Hall designed by R.P.Bridgens in 1874.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐16‐0]

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The German Club and Honmachi-dori Avenue

The caption reads German Club and Main Street, Yokohama in English. The photo shows the main street in the foreign settlement and, on the left, the Western-style building housing the German Club and facing the street. The clock tower of Kawakita Shoten can be seen in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐3‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

The caption reads Honcho Dori (main street), Yokohama in English. The photo shows the Japanese area in Hon dori within the foreign settlement in Yokohama. The sturdy construction of the commercial houses tells of their affluence in those days. A cart is placed carelessly on the side of the street.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐4‐0]

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)