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

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.