Amusements & Recreations

“Ski”, Takada (Joetsu), Japan, c. 1915.

Kite-flying culture, c. 1910-1930.

Uta-garuta (“Poem cards” game), c. 1930.

On the road from Atami to Ito, c. 1930.

20th National High School Baseball Championship (“Summer Koshien”), 1934.

Kinosaki Hot Spring, c. 1930.

Ice skating at Lake Suwa, Nagano, c. 1930.

Reenactment of daimyo procession, Kanda, Tokyo, c. 1910.

Round kite (wanwan-dako) flying at Naruto, Shikoku, c. 1935.

Yanebune on the Sumida River, c. 1910.

Suma Beach, near Kobe, c. 1930.

“Recreation Ground”, Kobe, c. 1930.

Swimming at the Seven Slope Pond, Karuizawa, c. 1930.

Fishing at Hozu River, Kyoto, c. 1910.

Miyata Bicycle Co. New Year’s card, 1933.

Toei Kyoto Movie Studios, Kyoto, c. 1960.

Lake Chuzenji, Nikko, c. 1910.

Azaleas in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, c. 1910.

Meiji Jingu Outdoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo, c. 1935.

Climbing Mt. Hakuba (Shiro-uma-yama), Nagano, c. 1930.

Shell gathering at low tide, 1905.

Rope-way Station & Hotel, Mt. Rokko, Kobe, c. 1935.

Oscar V. Babcock in the ‘Death Trap Loop and Flume’, Peace Commemorative Exposition, Tokyo, 1922.