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Chapter 3: Links to Memories of Tokyo

Links to websites with images related to the history of Tokyo.

Metropolitan Tokyo

TOKYO ALBUM: This page posts the selected documentary photographs of Tokyo Metropolitan Government which were taken from the Showa 20's (1947-).
Introduction of Documents at the Tokyo Metropolitan Archives: Key documents at the Tokyo Metropolitan Archives are presented by the era of documents. You can view images of some documents.
Museum of Historical Materials at Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Civil Engineering Support and Training Center: Historical photographs (from the early Showa to the Showa 30's) in the collection by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Civil Engineering Support and Training Center are categorized into four fields: "Roads", "Bridges", "Parks" (including shrines and Buddhist temples) and "Rivers"
Now and Then of Toden - Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: You can view photographs of past and present lines of Toden (streetcar network of Tokyo).
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum: The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is an open air museum with 27 restored buildings dated from the Edo Period to early Showa. Historical buildings that could not have been preserved at the sites and were culturally valuable have been restored, preserved and displayed at the museum. The museum aims to succeed these buildings as an essential cultural heritage to the next generation. You can see the photographs and descriptions at the website.

City Libraries and Local Historical Museums

Local Documents at the Chuo City Library: You can view images of nishiki-e (woodblock print) and photographs in the collection of the Chuo City Library. You can search by a place name on the map or by a key word or document type.
Prominent People of Minato City: The "Prominent People of Minato City" is a collection of histories about people who contributed to Japanese societies and cultures in the past through the present. The collection was put together from the point of view of their relations with Minato City. You can view images of portraits of people, photographs of their associated places and buildings, and ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock print) and photographs of places of interest.
Local Documents at the Sumida City Library: This site posts the photographs of Sumida City preserved at the library. You can search these photos by map and region.
Photographs in the Collection of the Itabashi City Archives: There are more than 25,000 photographs in the collection with mainly publicity photographs in Showa 30's to 40's that were used in "History of Itabashi City". You can view a part of the collection in the website. Also, "Electronic Display Room of Itabashi City Archives" presents historical documents with comments.
Fussa City Local History Archives - Fussa through Photographs: Among photographs provided by the citizens of Fussa City for the compilation of the city history, those with locations identifiable at the present are shown including the townscape of Fussa and Tama River. Those are valuable documents that can tell us the transition of the modern Fussa through the eras of Meiji, Taisho and Showa.
Chofu City Library - Citizen's Town Information Center: Chofu city has many inhabitants and unique histories. The Chofu city library has created a system by which the citizens of Chofu city themselves can research into histories of Chofu City and variety of information about the city and then compile and put out the information. Such information collected by the citizens are posted in this website.
Akiruno Digital Archives: This is a website that collects, preserves and discloses "history, people and knowledge" related to Akiruno City. The site is provided by the Akiruno City Library. In the Akiruno City Photo Archives, you can view images in four categories: "Akiruno City and Civil Rights Movement", "People Associated with Akiruno City", "Cultural Heritage in Akiruno City" and "Scenery of Akiruno City".

Merchants' Associations and Corporations

Now and Then of Shinbashi through Photographs: You can see the townscape and atmosphere of Shinbashi before and after the redevelopment of the front of the Shinbashi station and changes in people's daily life through comparison of photographs of the front of the station taken in 1966 and 2004 in the collection of Shinbashi Shoji Group.
Aoyama's History - Aoyama Omotesando Store Society: This website is created by the Aoyama Omotesando Store Society. You can trace the history of Omotesando and its neighboring areas popular among the young including historical and famous sites such as Meiji Shrine in Minami-Aoyama, Omotesando leading up to the shrine and Zenko-ji Temple.
Shinjuku Ohdori Shotengai: History of the Shinjuku Ohdori: Shinjuku has drastically changed in the past half century alone. In this page, you can trace the history of this town through the documents from museums and photographs. In "Shinjuku Downtown Map", you can search photographs of Shinjuku in early Showa from the map.
Shibuya Ekimae Kyoeikai: History of Sakuraoka: You can view the history of Shibuya through photographs.
Official Website of Shibuya Miyamasu: History of Miyamasu Area: You can view the history of Shibuya through photographs.