Motomachikokadori street in Kobe

A black and white landscape photograph showing Motomachikokadori, a street in Kobe, including a toyshop and a shop selling silk items. A row of two-storey buildings with shopfronts runs along the left side of the image. These have a row of telegraph poles and wires in front of them. Pedestrians, women and men, can be seen passing along the street. Various signs in English and Japanese are visible along this role. English text includes 'CURIOUS TOY / ASAHITA & Co.', 'ASAHIYA TOYS', 'SILK', 'SILK STORE'. On the right side of the image another telegraph pole, a tree and a row of railings are visible. Original caption (typed, beneath the photograph on a separate label): '201. Leaving Yokohama on the 19th after a stay of 8 days we proveeded to Kobe and arrived on the 20th. On arrival, three days leave was given to each watch thus giving us all the opportunity of visiting the beautiful sights of which this locaility abounds, and, it was no doubt a leave that a very few of us will forget. A street scence in Motomachi Dori, Kobe, Japan.'