The Japan Times 1924: Tokyo greets 1924 in hope of better things

100 YEARS AGO

Friday, Jan. 4, 1924

Unkempt wooden barracks and canvas homes, piles of debris and muddy streets, lack of transportation and a decided shortness in many of the things that go to make up the good cheer expected in Tokyo during the New Year — all these combined felled to dampen the spirits of the “Edokko” (children of Tokyo) and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day were happily spent.