The Snapshots in Time Collection
Album Page: Rice Paddies, Kobe, and Aeroplane Factory Ruins, Occupied Japan, 1946
Snapshots from a 1946 journey through occupied Japan capture the contrast between the rural countryside, rice paddies, terraced hills, and the industrial cities of Kobe and Osaka, where a bombed or damaged aeroplane factory stands amid rebuilding efforts. These personal photographs offer a firsthand glimpse of Japan's landscape and infrastructure in the first year after World War II. Project: 218582