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):

