The first Hikari Tokaido Shinkansen at Tokyo Station in 1964:

Tokyo Olympics winning volleyball team:

Commuters on the Wadamisaki line train in Kobe in 1959:

Tokyo Tower under construction in 1958:

1962 Kyoto as more cars start to appear on the streets:

1963 Okayama beach:

The new Thunderbird limited express unveiled in 1964:

Congestion on Osaka streets in 1957 forces the council to campaign against random parking:

Tipsy customers in Osaka in 1954 are sent on their way home:

The Transport Minister patrols Ginza to check the effect of a new ordinance preventing taxi drivers from refusing reasonable customers (1963):
