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Photographs of 19th Century Japan

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canpan ◴[] No.43639224[source]
Quite a few of those still exist!

* Wysteria Vine. It is not written, but I am pretty sure it's Kameido Shrine. You need to come at the right time to see flowers like that though.

* Nikko All pictures that show shrine and pagoda

* Osaka Castle

* Daibutsu, at Kamakura

* Jinrikishia Now it's for tourists, but you can ride in Asakusa.

* View Ojigoku on Great Boiling Springs, Hakone.

* Wrestlers. Sumo still exists and looks like that.

* Gion Machi Street, at Kyoto. Looks a bit different, but there are still many old houses like this.

* View of Nara.

* Tennojo Buddhist Temple

* Hakone Lake of Fujiyama

What does not exist anymore is any picture showing a town or village. I feel sad about this. There are a very few places that kept this (E.g. Shirakawago). Now all houses look boring. Only recently people thought to build pretty houses again.

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ekianjo ◴[] No.43641641[source]
Osaka Castle is a reconstruction. It's an empty shell, almost like a movie decor at this stage. If you want to see a real castle, there's the Himeji castle not too far from there.
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1. canpan ◴[] No.43641758[source]
You are absolutely right. The inside of Osaka castle is now concrete or something. But the outside and castle grounds still look like the article picture. Himeji castle is a great recommendation.