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One Hundred Scenes of Kobe

Hide Kawanishi’s “ Kobe Hyakkei ”

52. SHOPPING QUARTER UNDER THE ELEVATED LINE

  • 1952-53
  • The right image is the photo of the current same spot photo by Takayuki Kita (2009)

Stretching three kilometers from Kobe station to Sannomiya, there is a line of shops under the elevated railway. Soon after the war, the area was notorious as "Yamiichi" or the black market. Today, although black market trade has disappeared, stores dealing in drygoods still remain.

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