MARUNOUCHI HOTEL & IMPERIAL HOTEL
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Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 12 Jan 10, 7.46AM PDT.
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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
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Oiwake (Tea House) at Nakasendo
Oiwake (Tea House) at Nakasendo
Digital ID: 110082. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?
Notes: Number in Negative, 1117
Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
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Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.06AM PDT.
Town Honcho-Dori Yokohama
Town Honcho-Dori Yokohama
Digital ID: 110027. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?
Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?110027
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Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.10AM PDT.
View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama
View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama
Digital ID: 110025. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?
Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?110025
Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights (for more information, click here)
Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.10AM PDT.
View of Yokohama
View of Yokohama
Digital ID: 110026. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?
Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?110026
Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights (for more information, click here)
Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.10AM PDT.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Ex Japanese Tram on "Old Pueblo", Tucson Arizona
Ex Japanese Tram on "Old Pueblo", Tucson Arizona
The moment (just now) I saw this in TRAM PAINTER'S FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM, my mind returned to another time and another place: Yokohama, 1961 through 1963. This looks quite like the trolleys I loved to ride after dark, getting to one area to another. Taxis were affordable, but there were times when I loved to join in the mass transit and let my mind fill with the sounds of the Yokohama night. And these trams and the language gave my mind the energy it needed.
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My friend, John Meadley took this with his cell phone. It was the "Operational Street Car".
John is in Arizona on business but took time off to indulge in one of his passions, old public transport.
Uploaded by Tram Painter on 26 Jul 10, 2.51AM PDT.
The moment (just now) I saw this in TRAM PAINTER'S FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM, my mind returned to another time and another place: Yokohama, 1961 through 1963. This looks quite like the trolleys I loved to ride after dark, getting to one area to another. Taxis were affordable, but there were times when I loved to join in the mass transit and let my mind fill with the sounds of the Yokohama night. And these trams and the language gave my mind the energy it needed.
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My friend, John Meadley took this with his cell phone. It was the "Operational Street Car".
John is in Arizona on business but took time off to indulge in one of his passions, old public transport.
Uploaded by Tram Painter on 26 Jul 10, 2.51AM PDT.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
YOKOHAMA HARBOR 1961 WATERCOLOR
One might think that I reside in Japan and spend much of my time sketching and painting the sights and scenery. While this is what I would really enjoy, and hope to do sometime in the future, my sketches and painting are usually the subjects of dream, memories. Sometimes, what we see in dreams is what we have seen at some time during our lifetimes. Such is the case with scenes like the one above.
My fear is that my work might become to generic, however, as one gets older, sometimes the details of youth become more accurate, and they become revelations of another era, the years between then and now lifted like a fog to make the scene more clear, a revelation of the past made clear in a dream for the joy of capturing the moment once more.
If you have not yet visited my online-only blog, BLOGABOUTJAPAN, here's an invitation:
My fear is that my work might become to generic, however, as one gets older, sometimes the details of youth become more accurate, and they become revelations of another era, the years between then and now lifted like a fog to make the scene more clear, a revelation of the past made clear in a dream for the joy of capturing the moment once more.
If you have not yet visited my online-only blog, BLOGABOUTJAPAN, here's an invitation:
CHINATOWN IN YOKOHAMA, 1961
My latest watercolor with pen and ink, one of my memories of Yokohama. When these memories come back, I try to capture them as soon as possible.
What we see in dreams are often what we saw in life.
CHINATOWN IN YOKOHAMA, 1961
Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 9 Aug 10, 11.04AM PDT.
What we see in dreams are often what we saw in life.
CHINATOWN IN YOKOHAMA, 1961
Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 9 Aug 10, 11.04AM PDT.
Monday, August 9, 2010
historic fujiya hotel.
historic fujiya hotel.
The first western style hotel in Japan. Google it. Famous people stayed here. Now people like me can stay there.
Uploaded by daronakira on 27 Jun 05, 5.56AM PDT
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOTELS IN JAPAN DURING THE EARLY 60s
Yes, and people like myself, not yet famous, but working on fame. But to make a long story short, this was one of my favorite hotels for weekend getaways while living in Japan during the early 60s. It offered a world of serenity and was the essence of all things traditional in Japan. Yen was 360 per dollar back then, thus a serviceman in the USN could easily afford the prices.
It was a time when the American dollar was strong and in demand, but of course we had to change our MPC into Yen before departing the base. Whatsmore, it was not legal for service personnel to transact business using the American greenback.
The first western style hotel in Japan. Google it. Famous people stayed here. Now people like me can stay there.
Uploaded by daronakira on 27 Jun 05, 5.56AM PDT
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOTELS IN JAPAN DURING THE EARLY 60s
Yes, and people like myself, not yet famous, but working on fame. But to make a long story short, this was one of my favorite hotels for weekend getaways while living in Japan during the early 60s. It offered a world of serenity and was the essence of all things traditional in Japan. Yen was 360 per dollar back then, thus a serviceman in the USN could easily afford the prices.
It was a time when the American dollar was strong and in demand, but of course we had to change our MPC into Yen before departing the base. Whatsmore, it was not legal for service personnel to transact business using the American greenback.
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