Old photos of Kobe

Authentic vintage photographs, maps and other images of Kobe from the 1850s through the 1930s. See Kobe as it actually was during the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods.

Find images of the foreign settlement, the Great Hanshin Flood, Hyogo Prefectural Office, Ikuta Shrine, Kaigandori, Kobe brothels, the Kobe Club, the Kobe Oriental Hotel, Kobe Port, Kobe Station, Kyomachi, Meriken Hatoba, Motomachi, Nunobiki Falls, Sakaemachi, Sannomiya, Suwa Shrine, the Tokaido Railroad, and more!

Or check historical events for Kobe.

70531-0012 - Elevated Railway Tracks
Kobe, Showa, 1930s

100908-0016 - Suwayama
Kobe, Meiji, 1890s

70130-0014 - Kobe from the Sea
Kobe, Taisho, 1910s

160101-0021-BR - Dancing Children
Kobe, Showa, 1950s

70424-0022 - Foreign Settlement 1920
Kobe, Taisho, 1920s

161217-0029 - Kobe Water Supply Tanks
Kobe, Meiji, 1900s

101007-0041 - Kobe Oriental Hotel
Kobe, Showa, 1920s

80421-0007 - Kobe Oriental Hotel
Kobe, Meiji, 1880s

100908-0046 - Women in Garden
Kobe, Meiji, 1890s

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