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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
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Café Hula Hawaii
Café Hula Hawaii
A Hawaiian goods shop and café right beside the Enoshima Line Hase Station.
Uploaded by kaige
A Hawaiian goods shop and café right beside the Enoshima Line Hase Station.
Uploaded by kaige
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Aiko
IF I HAD A FEW WISHES, BEING 20 AGAIN WOULD BE ONE OF THE WISHES. AND THERE IS ALSO WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, TWO MORE WISHES I WOULD PONDER UPON. THANKS TO YANGKUO FOR PERMISSION TO EXHIBIT THIS PHOTO AND THE ONE BELOW. EDITOR
Friday, June 19, 2009
Kyoto, Japan
THIS PHOTOGRAPH SAYS JAPAN LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT IN A POLITE AND QUIET FASHION, SO TRADITIONAL. THANKS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER, PIERRE M FOR PERMISSION TO EXHIBIT THESE PHOTOS IN OUR ONLINE JOURNAL. THE EDITORS....
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PHOTOGRAPH OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SCENE BY PIERRE M
Traditional scene. The stairs and roofs are so precise, so perfect, so very japanese. Almost every scene at any angle is a work of art and you have captured so many in your photostream. Congratulations and thanks. Robert
Traditional scene. The stairs and roofs are so precise, so perfect, so very japanese. Almost every scene at any angle is a work of art and you have captured so many in your photostream. Congratulations and thanks. Robert
Thursday, June 18, 2009
YOKOHAMA SUNRISE 1963
IN THIS PHOTO TAKEN ALMOST FIFTY YEARS AGO, A NEW SUNRISE BEGINS ANOTHER NEW DAY IN THE NEW JAPAN. IT WAS A TIME OF MUCH ENERGY AND CONSTRUCTION, A TIME FOR LOOKING AHEAD AND FORGETTING THE PAST. IF ANY NATION ON EARTH HAS OVERCOME HATE AND DESTRUCTION, IT IS THE JAPANESE.
A FRIENDSHIP BORNE OUT OF SORROWS, BUT ONE THAT IS SINCERE.
IT IS AS IF WE SHARE A SECRET BETWEEN US, BOTH OF US HAVING SEEN THE SHAME AND SORROW OF OUR DEEDS OF LONG AGO, BOTH OF US RECONCILED LONG AGO, BOTH OF US HAVING FORGIVEN AND ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
A FRIENDSHIP BORNE OUT OF SORROWS, BUT ONE THAT IS SINCERE.
IT IS AS IF WE SHARE A SECRET BETWEEN US, BOTH OF US HAVING SEEN THE SHAME AND SORROW OF OUR DEEDS OF LONG AGO, BOTH OF US RECONCILED LONG AGO, BOTH OF US HAVING FORGIVEN AND ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
subway stories #3
PHOTO BY CHIBI BUTTERFLY...GREAT SIGNAGE, GREAT ANGLE, GREAT PHOTO, THE EDITORS............
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Chinatown
THIS IS ONE WORK OF ART, A PHOTO BY LIOIL..............SEE ALL OF THE YOKOHAMA PHOTOS IN LIOIL'S SET AND PHOTOSTREAM. SOME OF THE BEST PHOTOS OF JAPAN I HAVE SEEN IN 50 YEARS............THE EDITORS
TOKYO
THIS WAS STILL AN IDEA IN SOMEBODY'S MIND IN THE TOKYO OF 1961, YET THERE WAS A LOVE THAT BLOOMED FOR A SEASON. THIS IS A PHOTO FROM THE PHOTOSTREAM OF RAV RAV....
TO SEE HER PHOTOS, CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED NAME rav rav
TO SEE HER PHOTOS, CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED NAME rav rav
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
KINTAI BRIDGE BY R.L. HUFFSTUTTER 1962 , IWAKUNI, JAPAN
LIFE IS FULL OF GREAT MEMORIES
Whenever I got the chance to fly down to Iwakuni for a few days, I was ready to go. The scenery and the bridge provided daytime joy while painting, sketching and shooting photos. The evenings were spent in quiet sake shops and bars gazing out at the twinkling lights reflected in the stream beneath the bridge. The atmosphere was serene; the sound of the samisan was unforgettable. The smiles of the people were genuine and admiring. The sight of a peaceful American enjoying the customs and courtesies of their ancient nation helped create the type of good will America shares with Japan today. There was no vile hatred of Americans that I observed; the nation had had ists problems; the problems were solved and America was doing its share to rebuild a nation. I am proud to have been a part of that era
Whenever I got the chance to fly down to Iwakuni for a few days, I was ready to go. The scenery and the bridge provided daytime joy while painting, sketching and shooting photos. The evenings were spent in quiet sake shops and bars gazing out at the twinkling lights reflected in the stream beneath the bridge. The atmosphere was serene; the sound of the samisan was unforgettable. The smiles of the people were genuine and admiring. The sight of a peaceful American enjoying the customs and courtesies of their ancient nation helped create the type of good will America shares with Japan today. There was no vile hatred of Americans that I observed; the nation had had ists problems; the problems were solved and America was doing its share to rebuild a nation. I am proud to have been a part of that era
Monday, June 1, 2009
Morikami-12
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A STONE LANTERN LIKE THE IMAGE OF THE JAPANESE LANTERN BY PHOTOGRAPHER trillic to cause me to enter into a relaxed state of mind. Perhaps it is a subtle Zen influence I adopted for philosophical purposes while living in Japan in the early1960s........................
FOR MORE TERRIFIC PHOTOS AND SETS, VISIT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM. SIMPLY CLICK ON THE LINK HIGHLIGHTED AND YOU WILL GO THERE IMMEDIATELY....The Editor, Robert L. Huffstutter
FOR MORE TERRIFIC PHOTOS AND SETS, VISIT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM. SIMPLY CLICK ON THE LINK HIGHLIGHTED AND YOU WILL GO THERE IMMEDIATELY....The Editor, Robert L. Huffstutter
Saturday, May 30, 2009
ENOSHIMA, JAPAN TRAIN STATION, MAY 1962
I SPENT MANY DAYS AT ENOSHIMA SKETCHING AND SIPPING SAKE. SOMEHOW, IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO RAIN SOMETIME DURING AN AFTERNOON.
Dohtonbori View
This looks so much like the japan of the 60s........A favorite. I loved the canals with the bridges and painted numerous scenes of them in yokohama and tokyo from 1961 to 1963. Many of them were framed and placed behind the bars of the little sake and beer bars...................Rob
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Undercurrents in the Floating World
Censorship and Japanese Prints. This seemed an appropriate first posting to the Floating world Group in Flickr. This book was published by The Asia Society Galleries, New York, on the occasion of an exhibition organized by The Asia Society Galleries, New York, Oct. 1991 to Jan 1992.
Prints reproduced in the book are from the Tokugawa period through the Japan Russia war of 1904.
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Prints reproduced in the book are from the Tokugawa period through the Japan Russia war of 1904.
Uploaded by born1945 on 1
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Vintage Portrait of Japanese Man
Vintage Portrait of Japanese Man
This dates from the 1930s or earlier. Can anyone in Flickrland translate the banner?
Uploaded by born1945
This dates from the 1930s or earlier. Can anyone in Flickrland translate the banner?
Uploaded by born1945
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wooden Bridge at Iwakuni, 1902
PHOTO FROM THE FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM OF BORN 1945...See his entire collection of interesting items and photos. Many for sale on a commercial site. Contact him for info by clicking on link.
I frequently flew down to Iwakuni from Atsugi and relaxed for a few days. The area was even more reasonably priced than Yokohama and it was a joy to see the older areas of a Japan unaffected by the war. Took photos of this most famous bridge.
TEXT BELOW BY BORN 1945
Wooden Bridge at Iwakuni, 1902
This picture is from a book titled "Japan, Its History, Arts and Literature" published in 1902. I earlier posted a photograph of this bridge. This illustration from the book is actually a better picture.
The other photo is at: www.flickr.com/photos/12567713@N00/46170144/in/set-963514/
Uploaded by born1945
I frequently flew down to Iwakuni from Atsugi and relaxed for a few days. The area was even more reasonably priced than Yokohama and it was a joy to see the older areas of a Japan unaffected by the war. Took photos of this most famous bridge.
TEXT BELOW BY BORN 1945
Wooden Bridge at Iwakuni, 1902
This picture is from a book titled "Japan, Its History, Arts and Literature" published in 1902. I earlier posted a photograph of this bridge. This illustration from the book is actually a better picture.
The other photo is at: www.flickr.com/photos/12567713@N00/46170144/in/set-963514/
Uploaded by born1945
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
YOKOHAMA, PAINTED ON SCENE 1962, YOKOHAMA HARBOR PARK
YOKOHAMA, PAINTED ON SCENE 1962, YOKOHAMA HARBOR PARK
YAMATO TRAIN STATION 1963
Originally sketched this in pencil at the station and later turned it into pen and ink.
One of my biggest hopes is to be able to return to Japan someday and spend a few months sketching, painting and taking photos. There is probably more subjects in Japan for artists to paint than in any other country. Tradition and the Japanese lifestyle of respect and appreciation for nature has, I believe, preserved the beauty of the past, in mind and spirit, and in the material things of life too.
One of my biggest hopes is to be able to return to Japan someday and spend a few months sketching, painting and taking photos. There is probably more subjects in Japan for artists to paint than in any other country. Tradition and the Japanese lifestyle of respect and appreciation for nature has, I believe, preserved the beauty of the past, in mind and spirit, and in the material things of life too.
Toyohashi station
I REALLY ENJOY THIS PHOTO; IT HAS SOME OF THE OLD 60S FLAVOR TO IT. IN OTHER WORDS, SOME THINGS DON'T CHANGE THAT MUCH. THIS MAKES ME WANT TO BOARD THE NEXT JAL......
Monday, May 4, 2009
Matue Castle
Matsue Castle, 400 year old structure which houses a great collection of historic artifacts. The view at the top is fantastic.
Uploaded by OpenGovPhotos on 15 Mar 09
Uploaded by OpenGovPhotos on 15 Mar 09
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
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
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
Friday, April 17, 2009
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
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
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
SPEEDING THROUGH TOKYO IS LIKE GOING 100 MPH IN A COMIC BOOK STORE...THANKS TO tobimcfly for these great photos (three)
Tokyo Shimbuschikuji
ONE OF THE BEST NIGHT SHOTS OF TOKYO ON FLICKR....stated Earl R. Stonebridge, American writer and associate editor...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Japanese tour group
JAPANESE TOUR GROUP in 1998
Using what amounted to a homemade tilt-shift lens, I shot a Japanese tour group in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1998. My high school was in Washington D.C. for some cardinal something-or-other at the National Cathedral and I "accidentally" strayed from the group for most of the afternoon
EDITORS COMMENT BELOW
Photo by Capwell while still a student in high school, thus explaining a bit about his interest in photography and his positive attitude about life and people. Thanks to Mr. Capwell for sharing this photo of an international interest with our readers in Japan and the USA. (If by some remote chance, you discover yourself in the above photo, pleae make a comment. Chances of this is 1 in 180,000,000 or population of tour age Japanese in 1989). The Editors
Friday, March 27, 2009
JAPANESE FISHING BOATS
Memories of a Japanese fishing village. Back in the 1960s, one could journey down the coast that was passable and note all types of fishing boats and equipment. I was never met with any rudeness or impoliteness. I was always acknowledged with a smile and some curiosity. What was a young American doing wondering far off the beaten path, down into the sleepy fishing villages from centuries long passed? In retrospect, I realize how extremely polite the Japanese were. My memories of the time I spent are full of warmth. I wonder how many of those tiny villages remain? Someday, I might return, but in some respects, it is probably best that I don't; the memories of that tour are too valuable to return and realize that I have grown so much older while Japan has grown so much younger and so much more Western. One fact we must all face: in our memories, those we saw for the last time long ago will always remain young and beautiful. Returning to Japan would make me face a reality that I do not want to face, that time has passed and things shall never be the same.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
日本北海道理容
IF THIS IS NOT A BARBER SHOP OF SORTS, I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT ELSE IT COULD BE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE SPENT SOME TIME IN JAPAN, LONG AGO, I NEVER RECALL ANYTHING OF THIS NATURE AROUND DOORS. COULD IT BE A PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER? NO, IT HAS TO BE A BARBERSHOP. COULD IT BE THE ENTRANCE TO A CANDY CANE FACTORY? NO, I WILL STICK WITH THE BARBER SHOP THEORY.
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FROM THE ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO, ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS FOUND ON THE ISLAND OF HONSHU, BUT THE WEATHER IS COLDER. THANKS TO TRAVELHAHA FOR THIS PHOTO.
Hokkaido (the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu)
Hokkaido (the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tokyo View - Ueno
THIS IS TRULY A UNIQUE PHOTO BY A MOST UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHER...IT IS TAKEN AT UENO PARK IN TOKYO, A PHOTOGRAPH BY COCOIP...OUR GRATITUDE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER...THE STAFF
Monday, March 16, 2009
Hikawa-maru
THIS VESSLE WAS HERE IN 1961. BROWSING THROUGH FLICKR, I SEE IT WAS STILL IN YAMASHITA PARK IN 1993. WILL IT SAIL SOMEDAY? OR HAS IT ALREADY SAID SAYONARA TO YAMASHITA AND ALL WHO VIEWED HER? THANKS TO KOM674 FOR THE PHOTO.
Nile C. Kinnick Middle School
Nile C. Kinnick Middle School
This was a High School in Yokohama in early 70s, then it became a Middle School when the new high school opened up in Yokosuka Naval base.
This was a High School in Yokohama in early 70s, then it became a Middle School when the new high school opened up in Yokosuka Naval base.
Bill Chickering Theater, Yokohama 1960s
Bill Chickering Theater, Yokohama 1960s
I watched the original "Planet of the Apes" at this theater. Back then, FREE admission with a Military I.D. Card. And the Cafeteria on the right had an awesome " Gravy-over-Rice!!; To the left of the theater was the Main Navy Exchange (PX); to the right of the Cafeteria was the Bowling Alley; behind the Theater was the Teen-Club. ($1.00=360yen)
THANKS TO KOM674 FOR THIS PHOTO FROM FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM...
I watched the original "Planet of the Apes" at this theater. Back then, FREE admission with a Military I.D. Card. And the Cafeteria on the right had an awesome " Gravy-over-Rice!!; To the left of the theater was the Main Navy Exchange (PX); to the right of the Cafeteria was the Bowling Alley; behind the Theater was the Teen-Club. ($1.00=360yen)
THANKS TO KOM674 FOR THIS PHOTO FROM FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM...
Saturday, March 14, 2009
old facade detail
PHOTOGRAPHER HAS EYE FOR GEOMETRIC MASTERPIECES...COLORS ARE ZEN AND REFLECT AN INNER SELF THAT CAN BE SEEN BY PASSERSBY. CONGRATS ON MASTERPIECE WORKS......
Monday, March 9, 2009
KAORING'S PHOTO OF A JAPANESE SMILE
THE BEAUTY AND THE ENERGY OF JAPANESE YOUTH IS MOST ADMIRABLE AND IS ONE REASON JAPAN IS A SUCCESSFUL AND JOYFUL NATION.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BLEND TRADITION OF THEIR LONG HISTORY INTO THE HIGHLY TECHNICAL TRENDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
JAPAN: TRULY ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL NATIONS ON EARTH. Congratulations to the photographer for capturing the smile of youth, the attitude of a new generation...
Robert L. Huffstutter
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