“The Atsuta Shrine, the historic State Shrine at Nagoya”, The Influential Views of Great Nagoya, Nagoya, c. 1930. Atsuta-jinja was established to house the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan traditionally believed to have been established during the reign of Emperor Keikō (71-130 CE). From 1872 through 1946, Atsuta Shrine was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha first-ranked government supported shrines.

See also:
Nagoya Castle, Nagoya, c. 1910.
Nagoya Station grand re-opening, Nagoya, 1937.

Cover, “The Influential Views of Great Nagoya”, Nagoya, c. 1930.

“Nagoya (pop. 670,800), the largest industrial city between Tokyo and Osaka, is the center of the pottery and porcelain industries.

“Of interest to sightseers are the Castle, the best remaining example of these feudal structures in Japan, celebrated for the two gold dolphins on its roof; the Imperial Detached Palace adjoining it (permits to enter must be obtained through one’s Minister or Ambassador at Tokyo); the Commercial Museum, Higashi Hongan-ji, a huge Buddhist temple, Nissen-ji, another temple, Gohyaku-Rakan, near by, Ōsu Kwan-on, in the center of an amusement quarter, the two parks, and other places.

“Atsuta Jingu (S. part of the city), patterned after the Ise Shrines, is held sacred because of its great treasure, the sword constituting a part of the Imperial regalia of Japan.”

– Pocket Guide to Japan, published by Japan Government Railways, 1925

“The Hoan Tower on Mr. Kakuwo, the most beautiful view in the city”, The Influential Views of Great Nagoya, Nagoya, c. 1930. Kakuozan is a residential area in Nagoya that’s known for its historical buildings, shopping, and temples. Because it slopes uphill from Kakuozan Station, Kakuozan is traditionally famous as an excellent place to watch the moon, hence the area’s previous name of “Tsukimi Zaka” [“Moon-viewing hill”].

“It was in 1916 that Japan too at last had to enter the economic whirlpool of the world’s great war.

“Its first great effect was the marked restriction or total discontinuation of imports from abroad. To cope with this situation, substitute articles came to be enthusiastically manufactured, while there was a general and active promotion of researches and industrial experiments. Eventually Japanese industrial capacity was abnormally expanded.

“The tasteful sakuma lantern in the sacred garden of Atsuta Shrine”, The Influential Views of Great Nagoya, Nagoya, c. 1930.

“Geographically viewed, the expansion was most marked and interesting in Nagoya and its vicinity. As a matter of fact, this region had been the centre of textile, ceramic and other industries from olden times.

“It so happened, however, that there was a great cry throughout the country for electrical enterprises at about this time, and Nagoya made a new industrial progress, as it is the big, industrial city most closely situated to the Japan Alps, our greatest zone for generating hydro-electric power.

“Also, as the American principle of mass production and the application of scientific management were then very strongly advocated, there were established many factories systematically planned on a large scale with an extensive area for the factory site. Such heavy industries as electrical machinery, aeroplane, machine tools, etc., as well as the long-continued textile and ceramic manufacture, made extraordinary progress by the use of rich and cheap electric power.

“It was also in this period that electrical power came to be used rapidly in agriculture. Such a new departure was found in great favour round about Nagoya.”

– Industrial Japan: A Collection of Papers by Specialists on Various Branches of Industry in Japan, edited by The World Engineering Congress, 1929