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AKB48 rice advertisement

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Sony TR-52 transistor radio (1955)

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Shinjuku scenes from: Mud Spattered Purity 泥だらけの純情 (1963)

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Chiba Urban Monorail 千葉都市モノレール

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Scenes from: Vengeance is Mine 復讐するは我にあり (1979)

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Tokyo files media summary: Audrey Hepburn, Katakana, Godzilla, Fishing, Shibamata

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Scenes from: “Being Two Isn’t Easy” 私は二歳 (1962)

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Fukagawa Tokyo Modan Kan 東京市深川食堂 (1932)

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Four temples and shrines

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Tokyo’s Jazz Bar NARU

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The view from: Yoyogi-Uehara station platform

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1960s suburban Tokyo, from “Sing, Young People!” 歌え若人達

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Sakura city, Chiba: De Liefde Friendship Windmill

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Tokyo 1964 Olympics, the sundial

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Yokohama-bashi from “Pale Flower” (1964)

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Tokyo files media summary: Hakone Ekiden, Bamboo, and Shinjuku

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Larry Sawell, Tokyo’s ‘Round Mound of Sound’

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Chiemi Eri as Eliza Doolittle: ‘My Fair Lady’ in Japan, 1963

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Okubo rifle shooting range 大久保小銃射撃場, from Killers on Parade 夕陽に赤い俺の顔 (1961)

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Koizumi Kishio 小泉癸巳男 (1893-1945)

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Tokyo Detention House (Tokyo Prison) 東京拘置所

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Atelier Bow-Wow

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Shinjuku panorama 新宿パノラマ, 1952-1955

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Scenes from: Zero Focus ゼロの焦点 (1961)

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Mt. Fuji from Kawaguchiko: autumn splendor

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Japanese film as history: keirin velodromes

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Scenes from: Kuroneko 藪の中の黒猫 (1968)

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Japanese Ragpickers Duel With Sharp Kitchen Knives (1955)

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Three Resurrected Drunkards in film and song 帰って来たヨッパライ (1968)

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Interesting apartment complex in Nerima-ku, Tokyo

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Shinjuku Station, east exit, in 1957, from “Danger Stalks Near”

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Amusing building facade in Nerima-ku

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Chuo University, Tama Campus 中央大学多摩キャンパス

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Mt. Fuji from the air

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Mystery holes in western Tokyo farmland, 1945

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(20) Japanese signboard architecture, an introduction 看板建築

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Ikebukuro’s yami-ichi (post-war black market), in miniature

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Hitachi Mejiro Club 日立目白クラブ

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Komatsu Factory Co. Ltd. (Meguro-ku, Tokyo)

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Japanese schoolyards

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Chofu Gymnasium with the green roof 調布市総合体育館

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So long, old building: Watanabe Building 渡邊ビルヂング (1931-2015)

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Yutoriya: Sumida ward lifelong learning center

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1930’s Tokyo firehouse (fire station)

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Narrow house on former river, Edogawa, Tokyo

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Matsuyama, Shikoku

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(1) Jinpukaku Mansion, Tottori

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You can always depend on alcohol (1957 Japan)

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Scenes from: Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

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Meiji-era designs: Shin-Bijutsukai (New Art)

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Bike at rest: Oimachi

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The Great Wall of Ikebukuro Station

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Nurie Museum ぬりえ美術館 (coloring book museum)

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Advertising balloons in 1960s Japan

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