HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH

HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH
Read About Van Gogh's Secret Visit to Japan

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN
IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME IN MY LIFETIME

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...
Watercolor by R.L.Huffstutter

COMPARISONS IN ART

COMPARISONS IN ART
HIROSHIGE'S WORK ON LEFT, VAN GOGH'S ON RIGHT

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture

Monday, August 9, 2010

historic fujiya hotel.


historic fujiya hotel.
Originally uploaded by daronakira
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.

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