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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 7

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 6

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 5

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 4

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 2

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 3

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Yamate Park

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. The neighbourhood beyond the Horikawa Waterway is the Yamashita Settlement. The Yakushi-do of Zotokuin Temple is at the right edge and the large two-story Western-style building in the far left is the new Grand Hotel. Probably taken around 1897.==Date:about 1885, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐89‐0]

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A view of the harbour from Yamate

View from the top of Yato Slope. The Hepburn residence with its Japanese-style roof is visible in the centre foreground. Houses line Yato Slope on the left, and the foliage on the right marks French Hill (so called because the French Army was stationed here). The partially visible roof is probably the cleaning shop of Wakizaka Kinjiro who handled all the laundry of the British regiment.==Date:about 1875, Place:Yokohama, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐85‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. The neighbourhood beyond the Horikawa Waterway is the Yamashita Settlement. The Yakushi-do of Zotokuin Temple is at the right edge and the large two-story Western-style building in the far left is the new Grand Hotel. Probably taken around 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐22‐0]

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Grand Hotel

View of the eastern edge of the Bund and the Yamate area. In the centre are the new and old buildings of the Grand Hotel. The British navy storehouse, later the site of the navy hospital garden, is visible beyond Horikawa Waterway. The person in the foreground is standing on the Furansu Hatoba (French Wharf).==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐15‐0]

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Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

Motomachi, located at the foot of the Yamate area, was established when the residents of Yokohama Village moved here at the time of the opening of the port. Zotokuin Temple was located at the end of the main street (present day Motomachi-Dori). The building in this photograph is the Yakushi-do next to the main hall. The Yakushi-do was later moved to the Horikawa Waterway from its original location and still stands there today.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐2‐0]

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The foreigh settlement seen from the sea

View of the Bund and Yamate Hill. The two rather large buildings in the centre right are the old (left) and new buildings of the Grand Hotel located on the eastern edge of the Bund. The British Navy warehouse is on the left of the Horikawa Waterway. A boat house is visible at Furansu Hatoba (French Wharf) on the far right.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐15‐2]

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Zotoku-in Temple,Yokohama

Motomachi, located at the foot of the Yamate area, was established when the residents of Yokohama Village moved here at the time of the opening of the port. Zotokuin Temple was located at the end of the main street (present day Motomachi-Dori). The building in this photograph is the Yakushi-do next to the main hall. The Yakushi-do was later moved to the Horikawa Waterway from its original location and still stands there today.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐63‐0]

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Yamate,Yokohama

The building with the chimney on the right (No.184) is the Yokohama Ice Works, an ice making factory owned by Dutch resident L. Stornebrink. It opened as the Japan Ice Company in 1879. On the other side of Yato Slope is the property of the French Consulate.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐31‐0]

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A distant view of Koshima Yamate from Koyabira

A distant view of Koshima Yamate from Koyabira==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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A view of Yamate, Kobe

The hill on the left is Ujinoyama, the area from present-day Nakayamate Dori 6- and 7-chome to Yamamoto Dori 5-chome in Chuo Ward, probably taken sometime in the first half of the Meiji Period. Although part of a mixed-residence area outside the foreign settlement, this section to the west contained some Western-style buildings. Yet to be reforested, the Rokko Mountain Range looks desolate.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐31‐0]

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Yamate Park,Yokohama

This is an extension to the left of the view portrayed in photograph #2776.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐44‐0]

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Yamate Park,Yokohama

Yamate Park opened in 1870 as a recreation facility for foreigners living in Yokohama. Performances by the British Military Band, flower shows and other events were held here. Tennis courts were built on land loaned to the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club, marking the birth of that sport in Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐38‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. Maeda Bridge is visible in the right foreground across the Horikawa Waterway. The left side of the street across the bridge is the settlement land reclaimed from the harbour. Since the waterway embankment work had not yet been done and the bell tower of Yokohama Catholic Church at No.80 is not visible, this photograph was probably taken around 1868.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐27‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. The neighbourhood beyond the Horikawa Waterway is the Yamashita Settlement. The Yakushi-do of Zotokuin Temple is at the right edge and the large two-story Western-style building in the far left is the new Grand Hotel. Probably taken around 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐2‐0]

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A view of the Bund Yamate from the sea

View of the Bund and Yamate Hill. The two rather large buildings in the centre right are the old (left) and new buildings of the Grand Hotel located on the eastern edge of the Bund. The British Navy warehouse is on the left of the Horikawa Waterway. A boat house is visible at Furansu Hatoba (French Wharf) on the far right.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐79‐0]

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Kannai foreign settlement from Yamate Yatozaka slope

The Kannai settlement seen from the midway of Yamate Yatosaka. The huge modern buildings of the foreign settlement, and the Japanese houses of Motomachi can be compared. The center of the photo is Yokohama harbour.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number43‐21‐0]

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Yamate park and houses of YOKOHAMA

The Yamate Park and city of Yokohama. Mt. Fuji can be seen beyond Yamate Park.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐51‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

The view from Kaigarazaka in Yokohama, the slope leading up to the Bluff. The fore is Motomachi, and the rear is the foreign settlement. The fore is the Japanese cemetery. Photo by F. Beato.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐10‐0]

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Foreign military band at yamate park

The bandstand at the park. The Tenth Fleet, who entertained the settlement by playing here for three years, had left and were replaced by the marines who did not have a band. The Army Band used to play once a week at this park. From The Far East April 14, 1871. In the republished edition.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐15‐0]

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Yamate Park,Yokohama

Yokohama Park. It was an overgrown cemetery 15 months before this picture was taken. The land was leased on favourable terms from the Japanese government and half of it was made into a park. This was only possible through the persistent endeavours of the inhabitants of the settlement. From The Far East April 14, 1871 edition, in the republished edition.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐14‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

The same angle as the photo numbered 20-1. A view of the Kannai settlement from Hyakudanue in Motomachi, Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐8‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

The Kannai settlement from Motomachi Hyakudanue. Many panorama photos were taken from this location in the last days of the Shogunate.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐1‐0]

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A panoramic view of Kobe

A view of Kobe Harbour from Yamate. On the occasion of the opening of the harbour to foreigners in 1861, the area to the east from Ikuta River to Uji River was designated as a foreign settlement. This area developed into what is now Kobe City.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐47‐0]

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Mountainous area at amanuma

The caption reads Amanuma Bluff, Yokohama in English. Copeland, an American born in Norway, operated a brewery in Amanuma Rinchi. In 1884, he sold the brewery, which was later reopened as the Japan Brewery Co., producers of Kirin Beer. The photo, taken from present-day Yamate Park, shows Mugita and Kashiwaba near Amanuma along the new road built for foreigners. A vendor with his merchandise rests at the side of the road with his baskets.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐11‐0]

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A view of the harbour from Yamate

The caption reads Bluff, Yokohama in English, but this is a view of the sea from the Yamate hills. A rickshaw man pulls his cart with a lady passenger up the street with wooden handrails, perhaps Jizozaka.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐10‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate ==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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