Rare as a roll of 620 film

bakubo · Unread post by **bakubo** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:09 am

the_hefay wrote:Henry those are great shots and I love the story, too.

Thank you. This week marks the 30 year anniversary of when I first came to Japan.

bakubo · Unread post by **bakubo** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:15 am

Birma wrote:Great story and picture, Henry. When thinking of Japan from afar it is easy to think of it being all neon tower blocks and bullet trains, but this is a great reminder of the rural side to Japan and the people who work there.

Yeah, definitely there is a whole lot more to Japan than that. In fact, I never even had only that image of Japan in my head. I remember talking with a young guy from Greece in 2004. It was his first time to visit Japan and his image was mostly about manga and anime.

bakubo · Unread post by **bakubo** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:17 am

bakubo wrote:Unfortunately, like sometimes happens in Japan, when you take a photo of an old person they suddenly get so serious.

I think it is a cultural thing among many old people in Japan about smiling for a photo. Of course, some do and it is more common now, but over the years I have often noticed that bright, cheerful, laughing older people will suddenly turn grave and wipe the smile off their face when you take a photo. For example, this man was the owner of an old ryokan in Kyoto. I stayed there on my first trip to Japan in 1985. Incidentally, that first trip to Japan was the first 2 weeks of October 1985 so exactly 30 years ago!

Anyway, I stayed there for 2 or 3 nights and he always had a big smile on his face and was very cheerful. After I checked out he followed me out the door and just as I was leaving I asked if I could take his photo. I wanted to remember him. This is how he posed.

The whole time I was there he never looked like this, but he wiped his personality totally off his face for the photo.

bakubo · Unread post by **bakubo** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:39 am

Sharing an ice cream cone in Kawagoe, Japan

sury · Unread post by **sury** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:38 pm

Very nice Henry though whatever on that poster threw me off a bit (looks like a pita bread).

Sury

bakubo · Unread post by **bakubo** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:57 am

All those posters (in front and behind) are for ice cream cones.

bakubo · Unread post by **bakubo** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:08 am

Rice on a fall day

Birma · Unread post by **Birma** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:03 pm

I like the look of those Henry - there is a deep, brooding feel to them.

mikehawthorne · Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:18 pm

so very unusual set of images.

mike hawthorne

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