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Transport of the past
Land transport
In the past Japanese used horses to draw a cart or sometimes even people carried goods on their shoulder or drew the cart to transport goods and people on land. |
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Jinrikisha (human-drawn carriage) |
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Horse-drawn carriage |
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Horse-drawn carriage on rail |
Photographs supplied courtesy of The Edo-Tokyo Museum
Ships
From the past, ships played an important role to carry a lot of goods and people. Ships brought them from all over Japan to Kyoto, Osaka and Edo (Tokyo). |
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Higakikaisen carried the necessaries from Osaka to Tokyo |
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Bustle of riverbank in the Edo period |
Photographs supplied courtesy of The Edo-Tokyo Museum
Port in the Meiji era (Port of Yokohama)
In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the trade with foreign countries flourished and the ports became livelier. |
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Photograph supplied courtesy of The Yokohama Archives of History
Arrival of steam engine
After the invention of steam engine, ships were developed rapidly. It enabled ships to go anywhere without wind. On land, steam locomotives had started running. And steam automobiles using the power of steam appeared too.
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Steam ship
Photographs supplied courtesy of The Transportation Museum |
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First domestic steam locomotive
Photographs supplied courtesy of The Transportation Museum |
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First domestic steam car made by Yamaba (1904)
Photograph supplied courtesy of The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. |
Subway
The first subway service in Japan was started between Ueno and Asakusa in 1927.
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First subway in Japan
Photograph supplied courtesy of The Transportation Museum |
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Automobiles
At that time, Japan had only imported cars which did not fit Japanese body. Then automobiles for Japanese were domestically produced.
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First domestic gasoline-powered automobile (1907) |
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Photographs supplied courtesy of The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.
Airplanes
After the Wright brothers built and flew the world's first plane, Japanese aviators began to fly in the air.
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Scene of the flight at Haneda (1916)
Photograph supplied courtesy of The executive committee of the 50th Anniversary of Tokyo International Airport |
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Air taxi at Haneda (in the late Taisho era)
Photograph supplied courtesy of The Transportation Museum |
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