The Motomachi shopping area in Kobe, Japan

The Motomachi shopping area in Kobe, Japan. The photographer is standing underneath the covered shopping mall looking down the street. Signs attached to the pillars running parallel to the street indicate the photographer is in Motomachi 3 of 6. Japanese flags are hanging from the roof and the pillars. Numerous Japanese men and women are walking along the street. Shops are in the fore, middle and backgrounds on the left and right hand side of the street. This is Slide 41 of a lecture given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Senior Second Officer and Navigator on board the tanker Malwa (1961), owned by the P&O Group, from 14 November 1963 to 9 March 1964. The lecture consists of 75 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16036
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: January 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 35 mm x 38 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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