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Guests enjoy drinking, smoking at Shimbashi bar

Guests enjoy drinking and smoking in a rock cafe bar called "Ningyo-no-yakata" (dolls' house) in Tokyo's Shimbashi district on March 24, 2015. The bar also serves Chinese tea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat descending Hozu River is seen from the northern bank. The Kyoto Railway Company tracks and a tunnel are visible on the right. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established. This photograph was taken sometime after August 1899, when the line between Kyoto and Sonobe opened.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐11‐0]

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Leisure boats at Arashiyama

People enjoy themselves on a boat at Arashiyama. The yakata boat is departing downstream with four women on board. The nine men on the boat in the distance have stopped under a tree to appreciate the view. The background suggests that this was taken upstream on Hozu River.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐46‐0]

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The Hozu River

A yakata boat is docked at Hozu River Gorge. The people on the boat are enjoying drinking sake. Boatmen are resting on the bow of the boat and on the rock. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐9‐0]

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat negotiates the Hozu River rapids. This was taken from a rock on the south side of the river. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐15‐0]

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat descending Hozu River is seen from the south bank. The men wearing silk hats and sitting on chairs are having a good time. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐29‐0]

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat shooting the rapids of Hozu River is seen from the south bank. A small boat is docked in the foreground. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐5‐0]

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Arashiyama

Arashiyama is viewed from the northern bank of Hozu River, facing south. A few small sightseeing boats and yakata boats are visible. The water flows gently and the water level is relatively low. A promenade lined with small trees is visible on the other side of the river. A torii gate can also be seen on the right.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐4‐0]

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat is docked at Hozu River Gorge. The people on the boat are enjoying drinking sake. Boatmen are resting on the bow of the boat and on the rock. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐3‐0]

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A woman holding a small model boat

A young woman holds a wooden model ship in one hand and a branch in the other. The little ship may be a yakata-bune (banquet houseboat). The red juban (undergarment visible at the hem of her kimono and her wooden clogs catch the eye. This is a coloured photograph taken in a studio that probably provided the pail and flower pots as props.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐111‐0]

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Going down the Hozu River

A yakata boat shooting the rapids of Hozu River is seen from the south bank. A small boat is docked in the foreground. People took the approximately 16km boat ride from Hozu Town in Kameoka to Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The river boats that carried lumber and goods from Tanba Kameoka to Kyoto were converted to leisure boats at the end of the Meiji Period when the Kyoto Railway was established. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐120‐0]

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Museum opens in Nara to display Kitora tomb murals

Photo shows a museum that opened Sept. 24, 2016, in the western Japan village of Asuka to display murals from the ancient Kitora tomb. About 400 archeology fans selected by lot were the first visitors allowed into the "Kitora Kofun Hekiga Taikenkan Shishin no Yakata" museum opened near the tomb to preserve and exhibit the paintings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum opens in Nara to display Kitora tomb murals

Photo shows a museum that opened Sept. 24, 2016, in the western Japan village of Asuka to display murals from the ancient Kitora tomb. About 400 archeology fans selected by lot were the first visitors allowed into the "Kitora Kofun Hekiga Taikenkan Shishin no Yakata" museum opened near the tomb to preserve and exhibit the paintings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo