本町通り
Honmachi Street
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Honmachi was the name of a district in the castle town that spread out below Kochi Castle. It is said to have gotten its name (hon means main or original) because it was the town's first and principal street, laid out when the castle town was built.
In 1904 (Meiji 37), Tosa Electric Railway opened a streetcar line from Horizume to Noridashi (today's Grand-dori). So by around 1912 (Meiji 45), when this album was published, streetcars would already have been running through the town.
The name Honmachi still survives in Kochi City, and near the Obashi-dori and Horizume intersections there are signs recalling the old district names. The streetcars are still running too, now operated by Tosaden Kotsu.
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- 『日本写真帖』（明治45年1月）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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