History of Funabashi: The Meiji era (late 19th century) to the early Showa era (mid-20th century)
In the Meiji era (late 19th century), Funabashi thrived as a military town as it had an army training area.After a temporary decline, Funabashi gained a new lease on life as the railway network developed from the mid-Meiji era (late 19th century) to the Taisho era (early 20th century).
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Barracks of the 13th to 16th Cavalry Regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army were built around 1900 to the southeast of the Narashino Training Area. -
Imperial Japanese Navy wireless communications station, located in today's Gyoda Housing Complex area (photographed in 1915) -
Training on the Narashino Training Area. Today’s Narashinodai, Yakuendai, Narashino, and Higashi Narashino were army training areas from the Meiji era (late 19th century) to the end of World War II -
Mitahama salt evaporation pond.The present city hall area used to be covered in a salt evaporation pond called Mitahama from the early Meiji era to 1929 (photographed in the mid-Taisho era, ca. 1920) -
Honcho-dori Street as viewed from the steps to the Ohi Shrine, a.k.a. Funabashi Daijingu (photographed in the mid-Taisho era, ca. 1920) -
Funabashi Beach was a popular destination for sea bathing and shellfish gathering that was easily accessible from the old commercial district of Tokyo -
Entrance to Kairakuen.It took only a couple of minutes on foot from Daijingushita Station on the Keisei Line to the beach -
The mouth of the Ebi River and Funabashi Fishing Port in the early Showa era -
Keisei Funabashi Station.The Keisei Electric Railway line was extended to Funabashi in 1916 (photographed in the early Showa era (mid-20th century))大正5年に京成電気軌道が船橋まで延伸された（昭和初期） -
The middle area of Honcho-dori Street (photographed in the early Showa era (mid-20th century))
