WITH STUDENTS IN TOKYO 1961

WITH STUDENTS IN TOKYO 1961
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

EXCHANGING IDEAS WITH STUDENTS IN TOKYO IN 1961 AT IMPERIAL PALACE GATE. The exchange of ideas and general conversation was among the pleasantries of serving in Japan. Most of the students were proficient in English, whereas I was just beginning lessons in Japanese. Students were friendly, energetic and understanding about our past differences. It was this generation of students who took Japan to its economic heights of world success and progress through a corporate kind of free enterprise. Corporate and private enterprise has made Japan what it has become today minus the crime-rate. Japan's healthcare is probably one of the best anywhere on earth other than the healthcare plan our government has reserved for Congress and national leaders, elected and appointed.

Tokyo Woman

Tokyo Woman
Originally uploaded by humbletree

upon waking from a dream, I thought about an old and far away woman who was once as young as I was when we last bid our farewells...It is with this video that I remember her essence this early hour of the morning.
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Tokyo Woman
Among the many sights of Tokyo, the style conscious Japanese woman in heels with her keitai (cell phone) in hand, is one of the more fascinating and photogenic. I was never satisfied with Deep Purple's "Woman from Tokyo" hit of the 70's as a proper tribute so I decided to do my own song which has been a work in progress for 2 years or more. This latest version is combined with 60+ images collected over a similar 2 year period of trips to Tokyo. Some of the shots were taken on the run or from the hip and present only a fleeting, blurred vision of this elusive creature. The Beach Boys had their California Girls and Lenny Kravitz his American Woman. This is my humble offering to Tokyo Woman.

Tokyo woman, I wonder what you hear
with your keitai denwa pressed against your ear
Tokyo woman, kakko ii desho
Tokyo woman, doko iku no?

Uploaded by humbletree on 20 Jul 09, 5.46AM PDT.