Geography, topography and travel History tour along Tokyu Railway Toyoko Line / Makoto Ikuta

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Geography, Topography and Travel
[Contents introduction]
At each station along the Tokyu Railway Toyoko Line, there are lots of nostalgic photos of the Showa and historical commentary! There is also Minatomirai Line!
The Tokyu Railway Toyoko Line will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2026.
By connecting with other lines, you can go to various places in Saitama Prefecture via the Tokyo Metro lines on the Tokyo side, and you can also go to various places in Saitama Prefecture by entering the Minatomirai Line and Soutetsu lines on the Kanagawa side.
The Toyoko Line, which was a commuter line connecting Shibuya and Yokohama (Sakuragicho), is now an indispensable line for people living in the Tokyo area because the number of trains running for long distances is increasing.
This book looks back on the history of Toyoko Line for about a century, and introduces the transition of the cities and regions along the line, including the Toyoko Line between Shibuya and Yokohama (Tokyo) and the Minatomirai Line, with text, photos, picture postcard and maps.
Along the line, there are many unique cities such as Shibuya, Yokohama, Jiyugaoka, Den-en-chofu and Hiyoshi, and the speed of transition in the era of Showa, Heisei and Reiwa is astounding.
In this book, each page is composed mainly of the main stations and themes characteristic of each station.
The picture postcard and maps are mainly from the era of Showa and some from the era of Meiji and Taisho!
[Author's brief history]
Born in 1957 in Kyoto, with a focus on the main stations and themes characteristic of each station.
From the collection of the authors, the books and maps are mainly from the era of gakken, and some are from the era of and Taisho!
[Author's brief history]
Completed the Department of Fine Arts History in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo.
After working as a reporter for the Department of national paper Culture, he is currently a researcher of regional history and picture postcard.
He has collected and researched mainly picture postcard and has written many books from Shueisha