YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962
RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture
Monday, July 20, 2009
STREETCARS OF YOKOHAMA HEADED BACK IN TIME
MORE TROLLEYS AND STREETCARS OF JAPAN, THANKS TO MY FRIEND, QUIETUDE. IT WAS QUIETUDE'S RESEARCH THAT HELPED ME TO RENEW OLD MEMORIES IN MY MIND OF THE STREETCARS OF YOKOHAMA.HOW MANY TIMES IN THE LATE EVENINGS WHILE IN YOKOHAMA DID I LOOK AND LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC, THEIR CLICKING AND CLACKING, THEIR SUDDEN SPARKS AND SOMETIMES LARGE FLASHES, HOW MANY TIMES?
OH, TO SEE THOSE CARRIAGES OF ANOTHER ERA IN REALITY INSTEAD OF DREAMS WOULD BE LIKE A ROMANCE THAT TIME DID NOT END.
THERE WOULD BE NO MORE IMAGES OF A SHORELINE DISAPPEARING IN A MISTY MORNING FOG.
I WOULD BE ON A
TRAIN HEADED FOR YOKOHAMA TO CATCH A TROLLEY BOUND FOR MOTOMACHI AND
END UP AT THE WEIN.
A RAMBLING POEM ABOUT ANOTHER
TIME AND PLACE,
ANOTHER ERA.
BY R.L. HUFFSTUTTER
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Autumn Color
Asakusa
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
THIS IS A PHOTO THAT COULD BE A PRIZE WINNER.
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
THIS IS A PHOTO THAT COULD BE A PRIZE WINNER.
Asakusa
Asakusa
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
China Town
THIS IS A CLASSIC. I LOVE THE UMBRELLAS, THE REFLECTIONS, THE SUBDUED NEON. IT IS TRULY A JAPANESE CLASSIC OF A CHINATOWN I WELL REMEMBER BUT WITH A TIME SPAN OF ALMOST FIFTY YEARS IN THE PAST.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
1960s advertisement for Fujiya Hotel
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF MT FUJI THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFETIME. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF THE JAPANESE ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN. THE RED BORDER AND THE COLORS COMBINE TO CREATE A MINDSET OF JAPAN IN THE MIND OF THE WESTERNER. THE EDITOR
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1960s advertisement for Fujiya Hotel
"Fujiya Hotel,
Natural Hot Springs
Miyanoshita (Hakone)
Japan
Only 1 1/2 hours from Yokohama"
This hotel still exists.
Uploaded by motortree
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1960s advertisement for Fujiya Hotel
"Fujiya Hotel,
Natural Hot Springs
Miyanoshita (Hakone)
Japan
Only 1 1/2 hours from Yokohama"
This hotel still exists.
Uploaded by motortree
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
JAL ~ Japan Airlines ~ One World
JAL ~ Japan Airlines ~ One World
Honolulu International Airport
Uploaded by Brian Howell on 31 Jul 08, 8.45PM PDT.
Honolulu International Airport
Uploaded by Brian Howell on 31 Jul 08, 8.45PM PDT.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
TOUR OF DUTY IN JAPAN
Robert Frost (1874–1963)
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
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The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
Posted 5 hours ago. ( permalink | delete
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
MY THANKS TO THE GUEST PHOTOGRAPHERS
I EXTEND MY DEEPEST THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE GRANTED ME PERMISSION TO EXHIBIT THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS IN MY ONLINE JOURNAL, BLOGABOUTJAPAN...THIS BLOG. I TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING ME PRESENT ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL NATIONS AND A COUNTRY THAT I LOVE DEARLY THROUGH THEIR PHOTOS.
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER.
Robert L. Huffstutter
Monday, July 6, 2009
リチヤード サミ スア
YAMASHITA PARK 1962 BY K. SATSU....Thanks for permission to include your photos in BLOGABOUTJAPAN...Editor
Saturday, July 4, 2009
THE ESSENCE OF ALL THINGS JAPANESE BY R.L.HUFFSTUTTER 1963
THE ESSENCE OF ALL THINGS JAPANESE BY R.L.HUFFSTUTTER 1963
I HAVE LOVED JAPAN LIKE MY OWN SINCE THE EARLY 60S WHEN I ARRIVED AS AN 18 YEAR YOUTH. I WAS BLESSED WITH A THREE YEAR TOUR OF DUTY AT NAS ATSUGI. I MET SOME BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS WHO BECAME FRIENDS. WE SPENT MUCH TIME SKETCHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGE. WE ENJOYED JAPANESE ROCK AND ROLL AT THE OLD PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA; WE WENT TO SANKIEN GARDENS, SKETCHED. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIMES IN MY LIFE. IF I HAD NEVER BEEN TO JAPAN, I WOULD LEAVE THIS WORLD WITHOUT THE JOY OF A BEAUTY AND A PEOPLE I NEVER KNEW. THANKFULLY, I HAD MY TIME IN JAPAN AND I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER JAPAN WITH A JOY AND REVERENCE ONLY FEW CAN UNDERSTAND. IN MOST LIFETIMES, A MAN LOVES ONLY ONE COUNTRY; I LOVED TWO. ROB.................
I HAVE LOVED JAPAN LIKE MY OWN SINCE THE EARLY 60S WHEN I ARRIVED AS AN 18 YEAR YOUTH. I WAS BLESSED WITH A THREE YEAR TOUR OF DUTY AT NAS ATSUGI. I MET SOME BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS WHO BECAME FRIENDS. WE SPENT MUCH TIME SKETCHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGE. WE ENJOYED JAPANESE ROCK AND ROLL AT THE OLD PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA; WE WENT TO SANKIEN GARDENS, SKETCHED. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIMES IN MY LIFE. IF I HAD NEVER BEEN TO JAPAN, I WOULD LEAVE THIS WORLD WITHOUT THE JOY OF A BEAUTY AND A PEOPLE I NEVER KNEW. THANKFULLY, I HAD MY TIME IN JAPAN AND I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER JAPAN WITH A JOY AND REVERENCE ONLY FEW CAN UNDERSTAND. IN MOST LIFETIMES, A MAN LOVES ONLY ONE COUNTRY; I LOVED TWO. ROB.................
Inuyama castle on Kiso River in Aichi
Inuyama castle on Kiso River in Aichi
Inuyama castle keep on the Kiso River in Aichi Prefecture in April 2006. Built in 1537 by the grandfather of Oda Nobunaga, who helped pacify and unify Japan just before the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Uploaded by Joel Abroad on 11 May 06, 6.39PM PDT.
Inuyama castle keep on the Kiso River in Aichi Prefecture in April 2006. Built in 1537 by the grandfather of Oda Nobunaga, who helped pacify and unify Japan just before the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Uploaded by Joel Abroad on 11 May 06, 6.39PM PDT.
Cafe Mocha coffee shop, Ashikaga, Japan
REMINDS ME OF A COFFEE HOUSE OUT OF THE 60S IN YOKOHAMA
Cafe Mocha coffee shop, Ashikaga, Japan
Cafe Mocha coffee shop in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, June 2006
Uploaded by Joel Abroad on 2 Jun 06
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