Posts Tagged ‘old Japan’
The Kago
Transport in old Japan must have been hard work, particularly in summer! It is not very comfortable – I can’t stretch my legs! I think if I were a foreigner in Japan 100 years ago, my diary would have complained bitterly about the difficulties of travel! [Read More]
Black and White or Colour – Just Miyajima
Japan’s well-known red gate, close to the city of Hiroshima, is today a cultural heritage site and photographed by many in all seasons. But Miyajima has been a popular tourist spot for an eternity it seems. In the kimonobox, amongst a stash of old polaroid snaps, I [Read More]
Class Photos
Anyone know where these class photos were taken? Stay tuned I will do some digging around the kimono box and get back to the post with – who, why and where! Its wonderful to go through the old family photos and piece together the threads of lives. Not many old photos [Read More]
Stories from my past
There was such pride in the air …. Japan was progressing and advancing as a modern country and was achieving respect as a colonial power just like other Western powers of the time….. or was it? The flags and the chanting. It was part of the towns celebration at [Read More]
Sadako Tokyo 1939
The autumn of 1939 in Tokyo. Its amazing to look back at photos from yesteryear. You know that the story of their life is waiting to be told but you also know the ending. You know that looking into this photo taken in Tokyo in 1939 that the next ten to fifteen years is [Read More]
Historic House
This house is an traditional Japanese building that was taken to the historic village just outside of Sapporo in Hokkaido. It was taken in February 2009. The snowfall was fantastically thick. Just think how cold it must have been for the residents. The historic village of [Read More]
