Waterfront of the Kobe foreign settlement

明治中頃の居留地海岸通(現中央区)を､西端から東へ向かって撮影｡左から､2番の香港上海銀行 (The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)をはじめ､商館･銀行･領事館などが建ち並び､当時のにぎわいぶりがしのばれる｡右手海岸には､外国人が散歩を楽しんだプロムナードが見える｡View of the waterfront street in the foreign settlement (present-day Chuo Ward), looking from the western edge facing east in the mid-Meiji Period. The building on the left is the Kobe branch of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Trading companies, banks and consulates line the street, revealing the port in its heyday. On the right is a promenade where foreigners enjoyed strolling