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

Friday, April 24, 2009

JAPANESE SMOKING JACKET

I PURCHASED THIS JACKET FOR ABOUT Yen 3,600 in a small shop in Yokohama. It was made in the shop.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Night Street - Shimokitazawa


Night Street - Shimokitazawa
Originally uploaded by cocoip
THANKS TO COCOIP for furnishing the excellent photo used as the icon for the new group JAPANESE NEON..........

About JAPANESE NEON
Photos of neon signs and neon lights in japan. The more neon in the image the better, but sometimes only a flicker of a neon light or sign is also almost as good. This group is open to 6 submissions per member per day. Photos must be original images. Color is the best, but if there is a b/W that indicates neon, it is elgible. Painting and sketches, pastels, pencil sketches, all elgible. Invitations will be posted on images the editors feel would be great examples of the group's purpose. Once this group gains attention, we look for it to expand beyond our wildest expectations. So, if you have some neon images, inside or outside of the building, neon signs in the windows, all from japan, let us then begin on this bright and positive group project.

THE GROUP IS JUST BEGINNING. THE POSSIBILITIES FOR VOLUME IS UNLIMITED, BUT WE MUST ALSO KEEP QUALITY IN MIND. CONSIDER JOINING. INVITATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY ARE SENT OR POSTED TO PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE FANTASTIC PHOTOS OF JAPANESE NEON.............Robert

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Adm. Togo (LOC)

LOOKS LIKE THE ADMIRAL IS GETTING A BIT SLEEPY....This is one of about a dozen of photos of Admiral Togo and his tour of U.S. Academies, West Point, Brooklyn Navy Yard, etc. Great shots compliments of the Library of Congress....

Monday, April 13, 2009

Tokyo Smokers


Tokyo Smokers
Originally uploaded by ajpscs
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS BLOWING SMOKE IN TOKYO. I SMOKED IN TOKYO AND WHEN I RETURN, I WILL SMOKE AGAIN. I AM ONE WHO LOVES TOKYO AND SMOKING.

THANKS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER AIPSCS

WATERCOLOR BY R.L.HUFFSTUTTER

Watercolor by Robert L. Huffstutter. Yokohama's "Chinatown" was the place where many American servicemen spent their liberty and leaves if they wanted to enjoy the company of the opposite sex and relax with a few drinks. In addition to this type of entertainment, Yokohama had plenty of other tourist spots that were unique and very different than what one found in the USA.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Golden-Gai---Bar-Who-2

THANKS TO TOM MASON OF THE UK FOR YET ANOTHER EXCELLENT NEON BAR COLLAGE. WHERE THESE BARS SEED OR WHAT? PLEASE POST MORE OF THESE GREAT SHOTS. OUR VIEWERS ARE SCREAMING FOR MORE. THANKS, EARL R. STONEBRIDGE. ROB

Monday, April 6, 2009

Clean Subway in Tokyo


Clean Subway in Tokyo
Originally uploaded by tobimcfly
SPEEDING THROUGH TOKYO IS LIKE GOING 100 MPH IN A COMIC BOOK STORE...THANKS TO tobimcfly for these great photos (three)

Tokyo Shimbuschikuji


Tokyo Shimbuschikuji
Originally uploaded by tobimcfly
ONE OF THE BEST NIGHT SHOTS OF TOKYO ON FLICKR....stated Earl R. Stonebridge, American writer and associate editor...