‘Historical’ Archives
Aka Renga
Yokohama is a wonderful place to visit for a holiday with the family. It is a major port city today but until the mid-1800′s was a small fishing village. It is hard to believe that only a 150 years ago this bustling cosmopolitan city was just a sleepy town. When [Read More]
British Colonial House, Yokohama
I love the feel of a bygone era and the British House in Yokohama certainly has that atmosphere. Designed by a British engineer in Shanghai, it was completed in 1937 for the British Consul General but soon after was seen as surplus to needs and the British moved out due to [Read More]
Silver Cross for Royals
At the bottom of the Kimonobox is an old piece of newspaper dating back to Taisho 15, 1926, June 20th. I thought I would launch the look of the new site, Kimonobox, with this photo from an old newspaper of Emperor Hirohito and his wife looking at their first born son in a [Read More]
Himeji Castle, Tour
Have you got a favourite Japanese castle? One of my favourites, is Himeji Castle which was built in 1346. It has a brilliant white exterior, with 83 wooden buildings in total and it is possibly the most visited castle in Japan. An important characteristic of Himeji Castle [Read More]
Peace Foundation Japan
Interesting exhibition open at the moment in Shinjuku that remembers the wartime and post-war hardships for Japan. Has anyone else visited this exhibition? Although the Siberian winter was bitterly cold, the story has it that the owner of the lined jacket gave a Soviet [Read More]
Scandal of poison, Minamata
China is reporting the most recent lead poisoning scandal due leaked pollutants in the water stream. It is another terrible example of factory bosses forgetting to work with environmental issues and wrecking havoc on their surrounding communities. Sadly, it reminds me of [Read More]
