geijutsu-maru-800
www.persimmonous.jp
I have just reviewed many of PERSIMMONOUS' PHOTOS and have totally captivated by each and every one. As one who has lived in Japan, though it was nearly 50 years ago, I still feel a moving spirit of Japan as I view these photos. For those who love Japan, this photostream is a must view. Robert L. Huffstutter
YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962
RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture
Sunday, August 2, 2009
suginami_girl_band
suginami_girl_band
A girl band in front of the Suginami Ward Office
Uploaded by persimmonous.jp
A girl band in front of the Suginami Ward Office
Uploaded by persimmonous.jp
Monday, July 20, 2009
STREETCARS OF YOKOHAMA HEADED BACK IN TIME
MORE TROLLEYS AND STREETCARS OF JAPAN, THANKS TO MY FRIEND, QUIETUDE. IT WAS QUIETUDE'S RESEARCH THAT HELPED ME TO RENEW OLD MEMORIES IN MY MIND OF THE STREETCARS OF YOKOHAMA.HOW MANY TIMES IN THE LATE EVENINGS WHILE IN YOKOHAMA DID I LOOK AND LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC, THEIR CLICKING AND CLACKING, THEIR SUDDEN SPARKS AND SOMETIMES LARGE FLASHES, HOW MANY TIMES?
OH, TO SEE THOSE CARRIAGES OF ANOTHER ERA IN REALITY INSTEAD OF DREAMS WOULD BE LIKE A ROMANCE THAT TIME DID NOT END.
THERE WOULD BE NO MORE IMAGES OF A SHORELINE DISAPPEARING IN A MISTY MORNING FOG.
I WOULD BE ON A
TRAIN HEADED FOR YOKOHAMA TO CATCH A TROLLEY BOUND FOR MOTOMACHI AND
END UP AT THE WEIN.
A RAMBLING POEM ABOUT ANOTHER
TIME AND PLACE,
ANOTHER ERA.
BY R.L. HUFFSTUTTER
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Autumn Color
Asakusa
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
THIS IS A PHOTO THAT COULD BE A PRIZE WINNER.
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
THIS IS A PHOTO THAT COULD BE A PRIZE WINNER.
Asakusa
Asakusa
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
The town of Asakusa celebrating new year putting bunch of lanterns at the shrine.
Uploaded by Quietude on 4 Feb 06, 2.52AM PDT.
China Town
THIS IS A CLASSIC. I LOVE THE UMBRELLAS, THE REFLECTIONS, THE SUBDUED NEON. IT IS TRULY A JAPANESE CLASSIC OF A CHINATOWN I WELL REMEMBER BUT WITH A TIME SPAN OF ALMOST FIFTY YEARS IN THE PAST.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
1960s advertisement for Fujiya Hotel
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF MT FUJI THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFETIME. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF THE JAPANESE ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN. THE RED BORDER AND THE COLORS COMBINE TO CREATE A MINDSET OF JAPAN IN THE MIND OF THE WESTERNER. THE EDITOR
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1960s advertisement for Fujiya Hotel
"Fujiya Hotel,
Natural Hot Springs
Miyanoshita (Hakone)
Japan
Only 1 1/2 hours from Yokohama"
This hotel still exists.
Uploaded by motortree
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1960s advertisement for Fujiya Hotel
"Fujiya Hotel,
Natural Hot Springs
Miyanoshita (Hakone)
Japan
Only 1 1/2 hours from Yokohama"
This hotel still exists.
Uploaded by motortree
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
JAL ~ Japan Airlines ~ One World
JAL ~ Japan Airlines ~ One World
Honolulu International Airport
Uploaded by Brian Howell on 31 Jul 08, 8.45PM PDT.
Honolulu International Airport
Uploaded by Brian Howell on 31 Jul 08, 8.45PM PDT.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
TOUR OF DUTY IN JAPAN
Robert Frost (1874–1963)
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
Posted 5 hours ago. ( permalink | delete
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
Posted 5 hours ago. ( permalink | delete
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
MY THANKS TO THE GUEST PHOTOGRAPHERS
I EXTEND MY DEEPEST THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE GRANTED ME PERMISSION TO EXHIBIT THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS IN MY ONLINE JOURNAL, BLOGABOUTJAPAN...THIS BLOG. I TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING ME PRESENT ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL NATIONS AND A COUNTRY THAT I LOVE DEARLY THROUGH THEIR PHOTOS.
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER.
Robert L. Huffstutter
Monday, July 6, 2009
リチヤード サミ スア
YAMASHITA PARK 1962 BY K. SATSU....Thanks for permission to include your photos in BLOGABOUTJAPAN...Editor
Saturday, July 4, 2009
THE ESSENCE OF ALL THINGS JAPANESE BY R.L.HUFFSTUTTER 1963
THE ESSENCE OF ALL THINGS JAPANESE BY R.L.HUFFSTUTTER 1963
I HAVE LOVED JAPAN LIKE MY OWN SINCE THE EARLY 60S WHEN I ARRIVED AS AN 18 YEAR YOUTH. I WAS BLESSED WITH A THREE YEAR TOUR OF DUTY AT NAS ATSUGI. I MET SOME BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS WHO BECAME FRIENDS. WE SPENT MUCH TIME SKETCHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGE. WE ENJOYED JAPANESE ROCK AND ROLL AT THE OLD PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA; WE WENT TO SANKIEN GARDENS, SKETCHED. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIMES IN MY LIFE. IF I HAD NEVER BEEN TO JAPAN, I WOULD LEAVE THIS WORLD WITHOUT THE JOY OF A BEAUTY AND A PEOPLE I NEVER KNEW. THANKFULLY, I HAD MY TIME IN JAPAN AND I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER JAPAN WITH A JOY AND REVERENCE ONLY FEW CAN UNDERSTAND. IN MOST LIFETIMES, A MAN LOVES ONLY ONE COUNTRY; I LOVED TWO. ROB.................
I HAVE LOVED JAPAN LIKE MY OWN SINCE THE EARLY 60S WHEN I ARRIVED AS AN 18 YEAR YOUTH. I WAS BLESSED WITH A THREE YEAR TOUR OF DUTY AT NAS ATSUGI. I MET SOME BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS WHO BECAME FRIENDS. WE SPENT MUCH TIME SKETCHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGE. WE ENJOYED JAPANESE ROCK AND ROLL AT THE OLD PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA; WE WENT TO SANKIEN GARDENS, SKETCHED. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIMES IN MY LIFE. IF I HAD NEVER BEEN TO JAPAN, I WOULD LEAVE THIS WORLD WITHOUT THE JOY OF A BEAUTY AND A PEOPLE I NEVER KNEW. THANKFULLY, I HAD MY TIME IN JAPAN AND I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER JAPAN WITH A JOY AND REVERENCE ONLY FEW CAN UNDERSTAND. IN MOST LIFETIMES, A MAN LOVES ONLY ONE COUNTRY; I LOVED TWO. ROB.................
Inuyama castle on Kiso River in Aichi
Inuyama castle on Kiso River in Aichi
Inuyama castle keep on the Kiso River in Aichi Prefecture in April 2006. Built in 1537 by the grandfather of Oda Nobunaga, who helped pacify and unify Japan just before the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Uploaded by Joel Abroad on 11 May 06, 6.39PM PDT.
Inuyama castle keep on the Kiso River in Aichi Prefecture in April 2006. Built in 1537 by the grandfather of Oda Nobunaga, who helped pacify and unify Japan just before the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Uploaded by Joel Abroad on 11 May 06, 6.39PM PDT.
Cafe Mocha coffee shop, Ashikaga, Japan
REMINDS ME OF A COFFEE HOUSE OUT OF THE 60S IN YOKOHAMA
Cafe Mocha coffee shop, Ashikaga, Japan
Cafe Mocha coffee shop in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, June 2006
Uploaded by Joel Abroad on 2 Jun 06
Monday, June 29, 2009
BOY ON BIKE IN YOKOHAMA 1962
IF ONLY I HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO TAKE MORE PHOTOS WHILE I WAS IN JAPAN. HOWEVER, THOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ONE OF MY INTENSE INTERESTS, THERE WERE OTHER INTEREST I HAD TO ATTEND. I HAD NOT BEEN SENT TO JAPAN TO TAKE PHOTOS FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS. AT THE TIME, THE NATION OF JAPAN WAS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING AND THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES WERE ENDLESS. NEVERTHELESS, I TOOK QUITE A FEW, SO I MUST BE SATISFIED WITH THIS FACT. ONE CANNOT GO BACK IN TIME.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Old Matchbooks
THERE IS NOTHIN AS NEAT AS A COLLECTION OF OLD JAPANESE MATCH BOXES..............
Old Matchbooks
Display at the Advertising Musem
Uploaded by [futilitarian] on 7 Jun 09, 8.34PM PDT.
Old Matchbooks
Display at the Advertising Musem
Uploaded by [futilitarian] on 7 Jun 09, 8.34PM PDT.
Monday, June 22, 2009
桜
I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED THE AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER IHSUSTA 52 and I am most impressed with his work. I am looking forward to viewing more of his fantastic photographs. I would love to be in Japan once more, to shoot the scenes that so enchanted me as a young man in my first overseas duty. It was a tour I have never forgotten. It was an affair of the heart if one can love another nation almost as much as one loves his own nation. I shall never forget the many great moments so very long ago. It is photography like IHSUSTA52'S that delights my heart and soul. A journey through his photo collection is almost like a return trip. Almost.............Robert
さかえ
I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED THE AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER IHSUSTA 52 and I am most impressed with his work. I am looking forward to viewing more of his fantastic photographs. I would love to be in Japan once more, to shoot the scenes that so enchanted me as a young man in my first overseas duty. It was a tour I have never forgotten. It was an affair of the heart if one can love another nation almost as much as one loves his own nation. I shall never forget the many great moments so very long ago. It is photography like IHSUSTA52'S that delights my heart and soul. A journey through his photo collection is almost like a return trip. Almost.............Robert
タイヤ
Uploaded by ihsusta52 on 21 May 09, 7.18PM PDT
It is so comforting to know that there is something so distinctly Japanese about the scenes that despite the years that have passed since I last looked at real life images of this nature, I would still, after these many years, know that this is the Japan of the past but in the present. A great nostalgic shot from my perspective. Editor
It is so comforting to know that there is something so distinctly Japanese about the scenes that despite the years that have passed since I last looked at real life images of this nature, I would still, after these many years, know that this is the Japan of the past but in the present. A great nostalgic shot from my perspective. Editor
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....
IMG_1602
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
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