An industrial inlet or large canal connecting with the body of Tokyo Bay;specifically Yokohama Bay in 1963. Shot with a Petri 35 mm, one fine camera in the 60s. I shot many black and white photos. As is the case when one is moving about in the service, many of my photos were lost. Thankfully, some of my best were secure.
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YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962
RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A SHORT ESSAY ESSAY ON THE O'FURO, the traditional Japanese bath by Robert L. Huffstutter
A SHORT ESSAY ESSAY ON THE O'FURO, the traditional Japanese bath by Robert L. Huffstutter
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The most important issue to keep in mind when contemplating the o'furo is that it is not a hot tub to jump into and wash up. No, on the contrary, the sudsing, scrubbing and cleansing takes place prior to the entry into the very warm and sometimes a tad too hot, bath. Many of the baths are ceramic and tiled; the older ones are wooden, aged throughout the years dating back sometimes a century or more.
This is a time for the short bathing-style kimonos or bath jackets, often made with a cheesecloth or linen. One rule of ettiquette was to leave the sake back in one's room, but it's a rule that's flexible.
Many of the smaller hotels in Japan had the traditional ofuro, but it was bery basic and without adequate plumbing to fill and refill water buckets without going into a utility area.
Nevertheless, there was something unique about the bath in that one could truly feel the warmth of an age-old tradition.
If one had a guest, the guest was welcome to bathe as part of the accomdations. If one preferred, the hotel staff would fetch and carry the initial wash water and the subsequent tubs of warm, rinse water.
With or without company, the o'furo was a unique experience for most all who had never experience the fascination of the Orient. For this youth, it was especially memorable, having been accustomed to showers.
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Oct 14, 2009
THIS IS A MOST UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH. IT IS DRAMATIC AND EMPLOYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTIC SYMBOLS OF JAPAN, THE RISING SUN. Although there are those who might be uncomfortable with the image, I find it historical and an image that identified the beauty and culture of Japan for many centuries. As I look at this photo, I can imagine the volumes of history that might be stored in the building below.
Oct 14, 2009
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