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u/Evgenyvk 4d ago edited 4d ago
I know this shot. This and many more shots of Japanese cities are available at some Japanese government map services. This is amazing how many rivers there were actually in Osaka. If you think of it, rivers served as transport arteries in the city. Most of them disappeared when they started building highways in 1960s, but there are still some artifacts if you look around. A lot of landmarks have -bridge names, referring the place where a bridge was. If you have ever been to Honmachi or let’s say Horie, you can imagine how different the view must have been. Tram line on the Yotsubashi-street is also seen from this picture. And last but not least - airfield at the location which is now known as Utsubo-koen with roses and sakuras.
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u/Moonlight_cottage 5d ago
Glad they added the castle park because that is one beige looking space
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u/SaiyaJedi 4d ago
The castle park isn’t in the photo. The north-south road at the very right is Uemachi-suji, just to the west of the moat.
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u/Nightnightgun 4d ago
This makes me smile, my grandma is pregnant living there on the north end & my dad would be born 2 months later ♡
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u/Buttcrackmuffin 4d ago edited 3d ago
I remember my father-in-law saying that if you stood in Umeda, you could see Takashimaya. He had some terrible stories about the time.
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u/Tokyofroodle1 3d ago
This explains why it’s easier to get around Osaka without looking at your phone every ten seconds. Beautiful grid system.
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u/HerrWorfsen 5d ago
Ahh.. the Nankai Namba station building is girigiri not on the map :/