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Taiwanese tourists to Japan

Tourists from Taiwan pose for a photo in front of a statue of Ryoma Sakamoto, a famed 19th-century historic figure who played a key role in Japan's transition from feudal rule to modern statehood during the Meiji Restoration, in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Taiwanese tourists to Japan

Tourists from Taiwan pose for a photo in front of a statue of Ryoma Sakamoto, a famed 19th-century historic figure who played a key role in Japan's transition from feudal rule to modern statehood during the Meiji Restoration, in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Taiwanese tourists to Japan

Tourists from Taiwan listen to a guide in front of a statue of Ryoma Sakamoto, a famed 19th-century historic figure who played a key role in Japan's transition from feudal rule to modern statehood during the Meiji Restoration, in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025. ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's ex-assembly chamber restored to old state

KYOTO, Japan - The former chamber of the Kyoto prefectural assembly, a national important cultural property, is shown to the press on Nov. 13, 2014, upon restoration to its original Renaissance-style structure built 110 years ago during the Meiji Era.

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Civic groups wish early normalization of Japan-N. Korea ties

TOKYO, Japan - Members of civic groups form Japanese and Korean characters in candles at Meiji Jingu Park in Tokyo on Sept. 17 to show their wishes for an early restoration of diplomatic relations between Japan and North Korea.

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Emperor, empress visit Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko view the famous North Garden during a visit to Ninnaji Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 18. The temple, completed in the late 9th century under Emperor Uda, has had a deep relationship with the imperial family. It had an imperial prince as its superior up until the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The visit is in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the emperor's accession to the throne and the imperial couple's 40th wedding anniversary.

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S. Korean premier Kim enjoys Kyoto stroll

KYOTO, Japan - Visiting South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil enjoys a stroll in the Kyoto Imperial Palace on Sept. 4. Kim, currently on a five-day visit to Japan, spent about an hour strolling the garden and talked with palace officials in Japanese about the 1868 Meiji Restoration and the differences in lifestyle between South Koreans and Japanese.

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Tourists visit academy of key players in Meiji Restoration

Tourists visit Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Academy where key players in Meiji Restoration studied

Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, is seen on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kita Mido (North Hall)

Kitanomido is also known as Nishihonganji Tsumura Betsuin (subtemple). Designated a subtemple in 1876, it served as a rest place for Emperor Meiji at the time of the Meiji Restoration. The Osaka Prefecture Office and Osaka Hospital were also located here at different times. Probably taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1877-1887).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐9‐0]

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Gongen Shrine,Hakone

This is the main hall of Hakone Shrine. Timbering is surruounding the shrine. Since there is no record of restoration during the Meiji Period, repainting was being done at this time. In 1884, the Department of Internal Affairs had given 300 yen for the purpose of preserving the old temples and shrines and the timing could be the same. This is the same photo as catalog #139, but with different tinting.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐50‐0]

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Barracks at noge

Photograph carried in the September 16, 1871 issue of The Far East. These buildings were barracks called Ota-jinya at the end of the Edo Period. Today, the site is Hinode-machi 1 and 2-chome, Naka Ward. They were used as a facility of the Hyobu-sho (Ministry of the Military) and the Department of the Army even after the Meiji Restoration.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐2‐0]

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Daibutsu-den (the Great Buddha Hall),Todaiji Temple

This photo was taken before the restoration of the Great Buddha Hall in the Meiji Period because the eaves are waving. Since the present-day Buddha Hall was constructed in 1709, it had been almost two hundred years until the large restoration in the end of the Meiji Period. Due to the large structure, the roofs were deformed, and hence, it was dismantled and restored.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐12‐0]

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Stone steps to Shirataki Fudoson Temple and a teahouse

The road leading to Shiraito Fudoson at the bottom of Negishi Fudo Slope. The roof of the main hall is visible at the top of the steps. The Shiraito Fudoson was a place of worship for the villagers of Negishi from ancient times. But when the Japanese government enacted legislation separating Buddhism and Shintoism at the time of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the facility was renamed Shirataki-san Fudoin Temple, and it remains today as a Buddha hall affiliated with Hoshakuji Temple.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐87‐0]

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Yokosuka Docks

The Yokohama Iron Foundry built by the Bakufu in 1865 was taken over by the Meiji government during the Meiji Restoration, and it was renamed Yokosuka Shipyard when the first dock was completed in 1871. The buildings of the shipyard are shown.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokosuka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐28‐0]

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Ueno Park

Ueno Park was located within the compounds of Toeizan Kaneiji Temple during the Edo Era, and many buildings and pagodas stood there. Most of them were destroyed when the Shogitai and government army fought at the time of the Meiji Restoration.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐1‐0]

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The Osaka Mint

This mint was built after the Meiji Restoration as an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Finance with the objective of currency reform. Initially, it was called the Zoheiryo . Approximately 500 cherry trees of 77 kinds along the bank of Tenman River made the place famous in Osaka as the Torinuke (walk-through) of Zoheikyoku.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number23‐10‐0]

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Maruyama park

The foot of Mt. Higashiyama in the western part of the Higashiyama district of Kyoto city. This was formerly a temple and shrine territory of the Gion Kanjin etc., but it was bought by the government during the Meiji Restoration, converted to a park in 1886 and called Maruyama Park from the former Maruyama Anyoji Temple. In the Meiji era, it was a pleasure spot with artificial spas, rental seats, and hotels. Hotels can be seen on the hillside amid trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐5‐0]

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Gongen Shrine,Hakone

There are wooden scaffolds around the Hakone Gongen, but no record of restoration during the Meiji era remains at the Shrine, so the picture may have been taken when the shrine was repainted. The Ministry of the Interior provided 300 yen in 1884 to preserve the ancient shrine, so the photo may have been taken at that time.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐40‐0]

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Fujiya Hotel,Miyanoshita

The Fujiya Hotel was restored gradually after a fire in 1883. This photo was taken right after the full-scale restoration of the main building in 1889. The project was finished in time to host the Crown Prince of Russia, but this was not realized due to the Otsu Incident.==Date:24th year of Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐42‐0]

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Ebisu Shrine, Akunoura

Although the English title says Naminohira, this is the Ebisu Shrine in Akunoura. Koyanagi Gorozaemon Michinaga moved from Ebisu-machi (area of present-day Nagasaki Station) to Senowaki Village in Inasa in 1633. This served as an office for Nagasaki Magistrate Matsudaira Zushonokami during the Phaeton Incident. After the Meiji Restoration, this shrine was renamed as Inasa Jinja, but the original name was resurrected in 1937. Fishermen's houses dominated the area, which commanded a scenic view of the opposite shore.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐34‐0]

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Pure gold objects on display in Osaka

A pure gold life-size statue of Takamori Saigo, who played a key role in Japan's modernization through the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century, is displayed at Takashimaya's Osaka department store on Nov. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pure gold objects on display in Osaka

A pure gold life-size statue of Takamori Saigo, who played a key role in Japan's modernization through the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century, is displayed at Takashimaya's Osaka department store on Nov. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Japan's revolutionary Saigo

File photo taken at Ueno Park in Tokyo in January 2017 shows a statue of Takamori Saigo, a samurai who played a key role in Japan's modernization through the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civic groups wish early normalization of Japan-N. Korea ties

TOKYO, Japan - Members of civic groups form Japanese and Korean characters in candles at Meiji Jingu Park in Tokyo on Sept. 17 to show their wishes for an early restoration of diplomatic relations between Japan and North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko view the famous North Garden during a visit to Ninnaji Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 18. The temple, completed in the late 9th century under Emperor Uda, has had a deep relationship with the imperial family. It had an imperial prince as its superior up until the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The visit is in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the emperor's accession to the throne and the imperial couple's 40th wedding anniversary.