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[Jim Andrada]

A couple of Minox shots from our last trip to Japan

My wife (Rt) buying new chopsticks. That's all they sell in this shop. Must have had several thousand sets. Anything from a few dollars to nearly $30,000.00 a set.


Sonoda-san in his Tonkatsu shop. I used to eat there several times a week when I worked a hundred yards down the street. I remember walking towards my office one hot stuffy muggy Tokyo morning when he came down the street on his motor scooter laughing so hard I thought he'd crash into something. As he passed he pointed to something on the back of his scooter - he was leaning on a 50 pound block of ice. Cool! #1 (一番/ichiban) best Tonkatsu in Tokyo.

Ajiyoshi. Hole in the wall (might seat 12 people in a pinch) with some of the best food in Nagoya (my wife's home town.)

[Jim Andrada]

A few Mamiya 645/Ektar 100 photos from the same trip.



Sunrise. Japan is, after all, the land of the rising sun. Wakura Onsen, Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan, Rural - very rural. The dogs and cats give you the stink eye when you drive through some of the small towns because they like to sleep in the middle of the road, and you're interfering with their naps.



The sun rises and sets. Sunset from the balcony of our room.



Nagoya Castle

Edit. Japan (Or to say it as the Japanese do, Nihon or Nippon (Yes, they say it both ways) is written as 日本 literally Sun Origin. IIRC the term was first used in a 7th century communication with the emperor of China that went along the lines of "Greetings from the Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun to the Emperor of the Land of the Setting Sun...". I worked in Japan for six years, met and married my wife of 33 happy years there and and we still speak Japanese at home in Arizona.

[Jim Andrada]

Shot with the Zeiss Ikon 6 x 4.5 Super Ikonta I inherited from my father. He bought it new in 1937. Still works perfectly. Can't remember if it was TXP 400 or Tri-X. Camera was on a tripod.



Traditional (合掌作い/Gassho-zukuri/Praying Hand Construction) thatch roofed houses in Shirakawa-go not too far from Takayama. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site and the overlook for the town center is MOBBED, but a mile or two away down a small unmarked road (Almost all Japanese roads are un-named and buildings are not numbered sequentially.) these beautiful old houses don't attract any tourists at all. The name refers to the appearance of the roof in that it resembles the way you would hold your hands when praying,

[Jim Andrada]

And one from my Samsung Note 8.



We were walking in the town of Wajima (Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan) famous as a center of lacquer work and I saw a photo just waiting to be taken. All I had was my cell phone. So that's what I used.

[Tin Can]

Cool

at first look I thought it was burglar bars

but not

And one from my Samsung Note 8.

We were walking in the town of Wajima (Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan) famous as a center of lacquer work and I saw a photo just waiting to be taken. All I had was my cell phone. So that's what I used.

[Peter De Smidt]

Good one, Jim!

[Martin Aislabie]

Shot with the Zeiss Ikon 6 x 4.5 Super Ikonta I inherited from my father. He bought it new in 1937. Still works perfectly. Can't remember if it was TXP 400 or Tri-X. Camera was on a tripod.



Traditional (合掌作い/Gassho-zukuri/Praying Hand Construction) thatch roofed houses in Shirakawa-go not too far from Takayama. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site and the overlook for the town center is MOBBED, but a mile or two away down a small unmarked road (Almost all Japanese roads are un-named and buildings are not numbered sequentially.) these beautiful old houses don't attract any tourists at all. The name refers to the appearance of the roof in that it resembles the way you would hold your hands when praying,

Nice series Jim

Martin

[Jim Andrada]

Thanks for the kind words

[Tin Can]

Serendipity by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

[Bernice Loui]

Bernice