Fishing Boats in Yokahama Harbor

Fishing Boats in Yokahama Harbor
Originally uploaded by Ohio University Libraries

Fishing Boats in Yokahama Harbor
Photographs by Cliff McCarthy.

Over 60 years have passed since these images were taken by Cliff McCarthy in and around Tokyo. At the time, McCarthy was an Air Force Sgt. As a way of passing time before his return to the United States, he borrowed a Speed Graphic camera from his 36th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron and explored his surroundings. In this collection you will find images of contrast and beauty within a society in transition.

“When you meet face-to-face, it’s an entirely different thing than the abstractness of war”, McCarthy said. “The humanity that we all possess emerges immediately. The act of photographing them was one of friendship.”

The photographs can be found as part of the permanent collection at Chubu University in Kasugai, Japan, Ohio University’s sister university.

Uploaded by Ohio University Libraries on 4 Jun 10, 12.17PM PDT.

Hidagaya, 日高屋, Hiyoshi

Hidagaya, 日高屋, Hiyoshi
Originally uploaded by Arutemu

Hidagaya, 日高屋, Hiyoshi
My favorite restaurant in Tokyo

Uploaded by Arutemu on 9 Sep 10, 11.01AM PDT.

MARUNOUCHI HOTEL & IMPERIAL HOTEL

MARUNOUCHI HOTEL & IMPERIAL HOTEL
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

MARUNOUCHI HOTEL & IMPERIAL HOTEL
FOR THE ENLARGED VIEW:
www.flickr.com/photos/huffstutterrobertl/4269299462/sizes/l/

Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 12 Jan 10, 7.46AM PDT.

Oiwake (Tea House) at Nakasendo

Oiwake (Tea House) at Nakasendo
Originally uploaded by New York Public Library

Oiwake (Tea House) at Nakasendo
Digital ID: 110082. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?

Notes: Number in Negative, 1117

Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)

Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.

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Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?110082

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Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.06AM PDT.

Town Honcho-Dori Yokohama

Town Honcho-Dori Yokohama
Originally uploaded by New York Public Library

Town Honcho-Dori Yokohama
Digital ID: 110027. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?

Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)

Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.

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Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.10AM PDT.

View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama

View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama
Originally uploaded by New York Public Library

View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama
Digital ID: 110025. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?

Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)

Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.

See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?110025

Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights (for more information, click here)

Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.10AM PDT.

View of Yokohama

View of Yokohama
Originally uploaded by New York Public Library

View of Yokohama
Digital ID: 110026. Kusakabe, Kimbei -- Photographer. 188-?-189-?

Source: Japan. / Kimbei Kusakabe. (more info)

Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.

See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?110026

Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights (for more information, click here)

Uploaded by New York Public Library on 15 Dec 08, 6.10AM PDT.

View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama

View of Grand Hotel, Yokohama
Originally uploaded by New York Public Library

Ex Japanese Tram on "Old Pueblo", Tucson Arizona

Ex Japanese Tram on "Old Pueblo", Tucson Arizona
Originally uploaded by Tram Painter

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.

KINTAI BRIDGE

KINTAI BRIDGE
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

YOKOHAMA HARBOR 1961 WATERCOLOR

YOKOHAMA HARBOR 1961 WATERCOLOR
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

One might think that I reside in Japan and spend much of my time sketching and painting the sights and scenery. While this is what I would really enjoy, and hope to do sometime in the future, my sketches and painting are usually the subjects of dream, memories. Sometimes, what we see in dreams is what we have seen at some time during our lifetimes. Such is the case with scenes like the one above.

My fear is that my work might become to generic, however, as one gets older, sometimes the details of youth become more accurate, and they become revelations of another era, the years between then and now lifted like a fog to make the scene more clear, a revelation of the past made clear in a dream for the joy of capturing the moment once more.

If you have not yet visited my online-only blog, BLOGABOUTJAPAN, here's an invitation:

CHINATOWN IN YOKOHAMA, 1961

CHINATOWN IN YOKOHAMA, 1961
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

My latest watercolor with pen and ink, one of my memories of Yokohama. When these memories come back, I try to capture them as soon as possible.
What we see in dreams are often what we saw in life.

CHINATOWN IN YOKOHAMA, 1961
Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 9 Aug 10, 11.04AM PDT.

historic fujiya hotel.

historic fujiya hotel.
Originally uploaded by daronakira

historic fujiya hotel.
The first western style hotel in Japan. Google it. Famous people stayed here. Now people like me can stay there.

Uploaded by daronakira on 27 Jun 05, 5.56AM PDT
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOTELS IN JAPAN DURING THE EARLY 60s
Yes, and people like myself, not yet famous, but working on fame. But to make a long story short, this was one of my favorite hotels for weekend getaways while living in Japan during the early 60s. It offered a world of serenity and was the essence of all things traditional in Japan. Yen was 360 per dollar back then, thus a serviceman in the USN could easily afford the prices.

It was a time when the American dollar was strong and in demand, but of course we had to change our MPC into Yen before departing the base. Whatsmore, it was not legal for service personnel to transact business using the American greenback.

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower
Originally uploaded by Tim Slessor

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS WAS HERE IN THE 60S. AND IF IT WAS, I CAN'T RECALL GOING TO THE TOP...
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Tokyo Tower

Uploaded by Tim Slessor on 5 Jul 10, 11.00AM PDT.

85600001

85600001
Originally uploaded by Tim Slessor

YES, TOKYO HAS CHANGED SINCE THE 60S AS TIM SLESSOR PROVES THROUGH HIS TOUR OF THE ISLAND EMPIRE. I BELIEVE, HOWEVER, HE HAS MOVED ON TO LONDON NOW...
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85600001

Uploaded by Tim Slessor on 5 Jul 10, 11.04AM PDT.

MY FINAL POEM ABOUT ENOSHIMA By Robert L. Huffstutter

MY FINAL POEM ABOUT ENOSHIMA By Robert L. Huffstutter
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

Upon waking on many mornings,
I am, for a moment, young again
and walking these ancient
stone steps of Enoshima,
alive with thoughts of a future
filled with the joys of
afternoon rains and time
for gentle romance.

We walk, hand in hand, her
smile so subtle, so sensual,
so full of the hope we had
for walking the steps of
stones of many nations
in our love affair that
began by chance, but
reality ends the dream
and I could cry, but no more tears
remain, just gentle rain and doubts
about how quickly dreams
disappear through the years.

2008_0710Halagiyuku0094

2008_0710Halagiyuku0094
Originally uploaded by Homer1122

IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT...these impromteau fashion shows are still happening in some of Japan's larger cities.

I like this photo because it akin to a fashion statement for some segments of the youthful Japanese populace. While it has been a long while since I was in Japan, it's good to know that such impromteau fashion shows are still a happening event.
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2008_0710Halagiyuku0094
In 2008, I was walking the street and snapped shoot I am interested, when I was at Halagiyuku, Roppongi, Sapporo city.

Uploaded by Homer1122 on 28 Jun 09, 2.26AM PDT.

0722

0722
Originally uploaded by Homer1122

ANOTHER REASON I MUST GET BACK TO JAPAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...
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0722
Japan

Uploaded by Homer1122 on 26 Jul 10, 7.09AM PDT.

rainy street.

rainy street.
Originally uploaded by Momota.M

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT A RAINY DAY IN JAPAN THAT IS UNIQUE, TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN A RAINY DAY IN ANY CITY IN THE USA. PERHAPS IT MY MANY PLEASANT MEMORIES OF RAINY DAYS IN JAPAN, LONG, LONG AGO.
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My Rolleiflex came back from the repair shop : ) Welcome back to my home!

Yumi+.+ and I went to the shitamachi area seeking unique subjects.
Suddenly, we were caught in the strong rain!! This picture was taken when taking shelter from it ; )

Rolleiflex 2.8F xenotar
Kodak PORTRA 400NC
at Tokyo / Mukoujima

Uploaded by Momota.M on 1 Jun 09, 5.27AM PDT.

Meiji Period

Meiji Period
Originally uploaded by :s:k:y:clark:i:n:g:

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO HAVE LIVED IN JAPAN DURING THE MEIJI PERIOD. PERHAPS I DID...
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Meiji Period
2 Sen, Japan (1872-83)

Uploaded by :s:k:y:clark:i:n:g: on 5 Oct 09, 7.45PM PDT.

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KINTAI BRIDGE

KINTAI BRIDGE
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

A BRIDGE WITH MANY MEMORIES, A TIME WHEN I COULD SIMPLY BE A PAINTER AND A WRITER AND ME...

WAVE AT US

WAVE AT US
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

IT IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF ALL THINGS JAPANESE...but this is only my opinion. I see much in this wave that is energy and beauty combined, but the edges are so polite, so gentle, just the way I remember my wonderful time in Japan so many years ago.

My duty station at Atsugi on the Kanto plains in Kanagawa gave me a daily view of Mt Fuji and one that I see often when I am starting to doze off in dreams of the past.

Yokohama - Japan

Yokohama - Japan
Originally uploaded by Satoshi-O

THIS LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT SPOT FOR CONVERSATION AND COFFEE...
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Yokohama - Japan
神奈川県横浜市中区

Uploaded by Satoshi-O on 20 Apr 10, 9.41AM PDT.

japanese bride and groom paper dolls

japanese bride and groom paper dolls
Originally uploaded by kirakirahoshi

THIS IS A MOST TRADITIONAL CEREMONY AND ONE THAT IS ADMIRABLE IN THAT MUCH OF JAPAN'S TRADITION IS ACCENTUATED IN MARRIAGE, ANOTHER REASON FOR THE HOMOGENEOUS NATURE OF JAPANESE SOCIETY AND JAPANESE POPULATION.
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__japanese bride and groom paper dolls

Uploaded by kirakirahoshi on 22 May 09, 12.12PM PDT.

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Neon and screen

Neon and screen
Originally uploaded by Tim Slessor

THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN JAPAN SHOOTING PHOTOS THAT I WOULD CHOOSE TO SHOOT...if destiny would send me back to Japan on assignment. His name is Tim Slessor and chances are you will be seeing quite a lot of his photographs here and in other media real soon, if not already.
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Neon and screen

Uploaded by Tim Slessor on 14 Jul 10, 6.08AM PDT.

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.

selfportrait_t JOHN M. BENNETT, RESEARCH AND STUDIES, JAPAN 1948 through 1961...

selfportrait_t JOHN M. BENNETT, RESEARCH AND STUDIES, JAPAN 1948 through 1961...
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS and information from various public domain sites that offer information about the socio-economic issues of pre-war and post-war Japan through images and text. These photos and information are furnished for public information and education. URLS and original sites will be referenced as this project matures. NOTE: None of the photos in this set are mine.

DOING PHOTOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH IN THE ALLIED OCCUPATION OF JAPAN, 1948-1951: A Personal and Professional Memoir


Photographs taken by anthropologist John W. Bennett in occupied Japan, 1948-1951, (a few were made in the 1960's during his term at Waseda University), with comments on the photos by Bennett. Also included are extensive selections from Bennett's professional journal of the period, and other documents. Consisting of a personal and professional memoir, this site is also a record of a unique experiment in social analysis and research that focuses on a period of particular significance in the development of Japanese and international history, politics, economics, and culture.


John W. Bennett,
Author and Photographer
Washington University

Vanessa M. Hildebrand, Editor
Washington University

K. Elizabeth Townsend, Compiler
Washington University

John M. Bennett, Coordinating & Text Editor
The Ohio State University

Keith Lazuka, Web Designer
The Ohio State University


This manuscript is dedicated to Kathryn.


2003
The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
The Ohio State University Libraries




This collection was prepared by John W. Bennett and assistants at Washington University (St. Louis) in 2001-2002. The photographic prints, negatives, and documentary material of which it is comprised have since been donated to The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at The Ohio State University. Bennett's work was originally conceived as a book, edited and compiled by Vanessa Hildebrand and K. Elizabeth Townsend, who were doctoral candidates at Washington University. Bennett was Distinguished Anthropologist in Residence. Bennett's son, John M. Bennett, a Special Collections librarian at The Ohio State University, has re-edited the work and prepared it for this website, with the able assistance of Keith Lazuka, of The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. We are all grateful to the comments and suggestions made by Richard Mitchell of the Department of History, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Maureen Donovan, Japanese Studies Librarian, The Ohio State University; and the late Herbert Passin, who figures so strongly in these pages, and whose comments are included in the form of footnotes.



--John M. Bennett, October 2003

library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/japan/2_photo s.html

Winter Morning

Winter Morning
Originally uploaded by uBookworm

This classic photo in uBookworm's photostream has further increased my love and joy for images of a Japan I knew 50 years ago. Thanks to the photographer for this great image that symbolizes a serenity that the world could use in these troubled times.
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Winter Morning
Sanju-sangendo, Kyoto.

Uploaded by uBookworm on 19 Mar 08, 7.06AM PDT.

Hotel New Grand, Yokohama

Hotel New Grand, Yokohama
Originally uploaded by shibuya246

Hotel New Grand, Yokohama
A display showing some of the old photos, china and typewriter that was previously used in the hotel.

Uploaded by shibuya246 on 21 Jan 10, 12.02AM PDT.
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One of my favorite hotels and one contracted with the U.S. Navy for incoming officers to stay until adequate BOQ or OFFICER HOUSING was arranged. It also served the same purpose for senior enlisted men and their families. As pertaining to women of commissioned officer status and the policy the Navy had with the New Grand, I am not certain. At one time, Japan had a unique policy about unescorted Western females who were seeking single status lodging in Japan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY SHIBUYA246 FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM

enoshima causeway

enoshima causeway
Originally uploaded by Kurtz Law

My gratitude to the photographer, Kurtz Law, for permission to include this photograph in my BlogaboutJapan. Mr. Law has captured a view that I remember quite well. Back in the early 60s, the steps were easy to climb, but it would take much more time now. Mr. Law's photograph captures both the progress of construction, the progress that is inevitable in a nation where progress is essential, but moreover, his photograph retains the view of the causeway, though much wider and more efficient. Thankfully, the beauty of the traditional roofs has remained in reality and remembered quite well. Congratulations to Kurtz Law for photographs that awaken some fond memories of Enoshima nearly 50 years ago.

enoshima causeway

photographed by Kurtz Law on 25 Jun 10, 8.44AM PDT.

緑の侵略者

緑の侵略者
Originally uploaded by comolebi666

緑の侵略者
放っておいたらとんでもないことになるよね。
すんごい生命力。

Uploaded by comolebi666 on 21 Jun 10, 10.18AM PDT.

I cannot read the above, but this is one of the best photos I have seen in over 60 years of photo viewing.

going downstairs enoshima

going downstairs enoshima
Originally uploaded by Kurtz Law

My memories of Enoshima are many and fond. While browsing the Flickr photostream of Kurtz Law, I happened upon this photograph that defines just one of the numerous stairwells or stairs that one climbs to reach the summit of Enoshima Island.

If I have mentioned it once, I must have mentioned the rain of Enoshima a hundred times. "It always rained while I was in Enoshima. It was a light and gentle rain and began around two o'clock in the afternoon.

There was, as always in Japan, umbrellas everywhere the moment the rain began. The umbrellas of Enoshima are among my memories, but that is no surprise, I knew then that if I lived to an elderly age, I would never forget the umbrellas or the rain of Enoshima.

And as gently as the rain began, it stopped after about a half an hour and the sun came shining brilliantly through the passing clouds and once again created a myriad of colorful reflections upon the bay below. Having stopped into a sake shop for the duration of the rain, my sense of the reflections were enhanced by the joyful spirit of the sake.

While there are many small shops that feature miniature Dharmas and the other six symbols that usually comprise the group, I purchased the one that kept the sake spirit fresh and vibrant, thus among my keepsakes are a few of those momentos from Enoshima.

Someday, perhaps, I will return. Having changed my beverage choices a few years ago, I will try some coffee next time. And if I return, I will take an umbrella. My thanks to Mr. Kurtz Law, the photographer who granted permission to include his photographs in my BlogaboutJapan.

Photographs by Kurtz Law on 25 Jun 10, 8.44AM PDT.

ADD YOUR NAME AS A FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOGABOUTJAPAN...

Add you name to the FOLLOWERS of this blog and help me to get my blog to those who love Japan as I do. To be specific, I want the publicity, the laurels that might come from publishing a blog dedicated to Japan, a Japan of the 60s and a Japan depicted by photos of guest photographers.

The above photo is one of the first snapshots I took with my new Petri in 1961. It is the entrance to the famed Isasakcho (spelled a hundred different ways) shopping street in Yokohama. In 1961 and the early 60s, it was THE place to begin a day in Yokohama.

Lanterns, Osaka

Lanterns, Osaka
Originally uploaded by Fiona Michelet

roberthuffstutter says:
My fascination with Japan began in the late 1940s when I became aware of National Geographic Magazine, War and the mystery of the Orient. My fascination with Japan led to much more than fascination the day I arrived in Japan in August of 1961.

By the time of my departure in December of 1963, I was in love with Japan and it was a love affair and intense romance that would last a lifetime.

My ultimate dream would be a return to Japan, but then, would I really want the memories I cherish to dim upon finding old haunts and places where I stayed, places where there were memories of a youthful romance, razed and removed, like my dreams, and face the reality of fate as it was dealt, or as I helped create fate by failing to return as I had planned?
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Lanterns, Osaka

Uploaded by Fiona Michelet on 3 Jun 10, 6.18AM PDT.

A SHORT ESSAY ESSAY ON THE O'FURO, the traditional Japanese bath by Robert L. Huffstutter

A SHORT ESSAY ESSAY ON THE O'FURO, the traditional Japanese bath by Robert L. Huffstutter
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

A SHORT ESSAY ON THE O'FURO, THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BATH By Robert L. Huffstutter

The most important issue to keep in mind when contemplating the o'furo is that it is not a hot tub to jump into and wash up. No, on the contrary, the sudsing, scrubbing and cleansing takes place prior to the entry into the very warm and sometimes a tad too hot, bath. Many of the baths are ceramic and tiled; the older ones are wooden, aged throughout the years dating back sometimes a century or more.

This is a time for the short bathing-style kimonos or bath jackets, often made with a cheesecloth or linen. One rule of ettiquette was to leave the sake back in one's room, but it's a rule that's flexible.

Many of the smaller hotels in Japan had the traditional ofuro, but it was bery basic and without adequate plumbing to fill and refill water buckets without going into a utility area.

Nevertheless, there was something unique about the bath in that one could truly feel the warmth of an age-old tradition.

If one had a guest, the guest was welcome to bathe as part of the accomdations. If one preferred, the hotel staff would fetch and carry the initial wash water and the subsequent tubs of warm, rinse water.

With or without company, the o'furo was a unique experience for most all who had never experience the fascination of the Orient. For this youth, it was especially memorable, having been accustomed to
showers.

A SHORT ESSAY ESSAY ON THE O'FURO, the traditional Japanese bath by Robert L. Huffstutter
www.flickr.com/photos/huffstutterrobertl/tags/workinprogress

Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 18 Oct 09, 11.31PM PDT.

gorgeous hotel

gorgeous hotel
Originally uploaded by mrcraige

A REMINDER OF THE 60S ECONOMY CLASS HOTELS IN YOKOHAMA AND TOKYO..........
gorgeous hotel
yanaka

Uploaded by mrcraige on 15 Jun 09, 3.59AM PDT.

The spell is broke and the moment’s gone

The spell is broke and the moment’s gone
Originally uploaded by mrcraige

The spell is broke and the moment’s gone
Sumida-ku

Uploaded by mrcraige on 15 May 10, 8.37AM PDT.

FOND MEMORIES OF A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP

Sometimes, special friendships are not meant to last; the memories remain as young as springtime when a friendship ends in youth, not by choice, but by circumstance.

japanese_girlfriend_tiny

japanese_girlfriend_tiny
Originally uploaded by ferofax

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS AN INVITATION FOR A JAPANESE GIRLFRIEND, but visit FEROFAX photostream to get the details. Great graphics.

WIEN COFFEE SHOP, YOKOHAMA 1962 & 1963

WIEN COFFEE SHOP, YOKOHAMA 1962 & 1963
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

A POEM ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WHOM I MET WHILE IN JAPAN. WE SHARED MANY GREAT TIMES. WE FREQUENTLY MET AT THIS COFFEE SHOP ON SATURDAY MORNINGS...
If i think long enough
my mind will take me
back to youthful
hope and promises
broken by me.

Regrets,
i have a few but
Fate has a way
of having
its way
no matter the beauty of sakura
or the time shared with
springtime love. Does time make the pain
less intense?
No, it only makes it more
severe when the blossoms
are so intense, so real...

WIEN COFFEE SHOP, YOKOHAMA 1962 & 1963

YOKOHAMA'S CHINATOWN & PEANUT CLUB 1960S: a watercolor by R.L. Huffstutter

YOKOHAMA'S CHINATOWN & PEANUT CLUB 1960S: a watercolor by R.L. Huffstutter
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

YOKOHAMA'S CHINATOWN & PEANUT CLUB 1960S: a watercolor by R.L. Huffstutter

Evening Clouds Over Sankeien Garden Pond

Evening Clouds Over Sankeien Garden Pond
Originally uploaded by aeschylus18917

Evening Clouds Over Sankeien Garden Pond
Copyright © Daniel Ruyle
Sankeien Garden in Yokohama

Uploaded by aeschylus18917 on 13 Aug

Sankeien Garden, Yokohama

Sankeien Garden, Yokohama
Originally uploaded by Tokyo Views

Sankeien Garden, Yokohama
Image of tokyoviews.com

Uploaded by Tokyo Views on 1 Jun 10, 3.22AM PDT.

Hikawa Maru, Yokohama

Hikawa Maru, Yokohama
Originally uploaded by Tokyo Views

Hikawa Maru, Yokohama
Image of tokyoviews.com

Uploaded by Tokyo Views on 5 Jun 10, 4.07AM PDT.
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...it was a time for romance and we walked hand in hand like the two lovers we were and saw the sights of Yokohama, but that was long, long ago. A beautiful reminder of a beautiful time spent in Yokohama...

YOKOHAMA'S CHINATOWN & PEANUT CLUB 1960S: a watercolor by R.L. Huffstutter

YOKOHAMA'S CHINATOWN & PEANUT CLUB 1960S: a watercolor by R.L. Huffstutter
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

This area was like a magnet and attracted youthful Japanese and young servicemen. It was the happening place with the Peanuts Club open 24 hours featuring a variety of live bands on an elevator that moved up and down four floors of spirited, smiling customers.

I remember hearing a Japanese band singing Country and Western for the first time. Their outfits looked like they were from the Grand Ol' Opry with sparkling sequins and saddle-stiching. They did an excellent job, but it was the rock and roll that really got the place moving.

Young Japanese students in their mid to late teens frequented this club as did servicemen in their late teens. Oftentimes, dependents of the servicemen stationed in Japan would wander off base housing to get into the scene. It was a most eclectic group of young people rocking around the clock and sipping coffee, wine Kirin, Asahi and Coca Cola mixed with Suntory's version of Crown Royal.

Yokohama - Japan

Yokohama - Japan
Originally uploaded by Satoshi-O

Yokohama - Japan
神奈川県横浜市神奈川区

Uploaded by Satoshi-O on 20 Apr 10, 8.06AM PDT.
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I CAN NEVER TAKE THE TRAIN FROM TOTSUKA TO HAKONE AGAIN....Robert L. Huffstutter

There are rails in my own lifetime, too many really.
There have been times when I never took that return trip and now, now I wish I had. But that train is long gone,
and the station is probably gone too.

Too much time has lapsed for me to ever return.
I take comfort in the fact that sometimes great romances are only meant to last a short time and then end, leaving our memories forever young.

When I reflect, I see only the beauty in the face
I saw when our romance ended,
young as it was when we met.

It will be a romance that will never grow old.