Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Yamashitacho


Water fountain at Harbor View Park dedicated to British Major-General H.S. Palmer, the father of Japan’s modern waterworks developed first in Yokohama under the Emperor Meji government.
ISO 200 for 1/250 sec. @ f/7.1
#港の見える丘公園 #イギリス人技師HSパーマー #Palmer #Yokohama #fountain #Japan

Old mailbox near Harbor View Park, which was originally a British Army Garrison overlooking the Port of Yokohama from 1864 until 1875.
ISO 100 for 1/60 sec. @ f/4.5
#港の見える丘公園 #ポスト #mailbox #Yokohama #Japan

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Mom-and-Pop Shop


Old mom-and-pop shop serving light dishes and coffee (Keishoku & Kissa) in neighborhood slowly gentrified with high-rise apartment buildings in central Yokohama.
ISO 800 for 1/50 sec. @ f/3.5
#軽食 #喫茶 #momandpopshop #Yokohama #Japan

軽食 (Keihoku): light meal; 喫茶 (Kissa): old Japanese word for coffee; サカエヤ (Sakae-ya): The Sakae Shop. Old mom-and-pop akin to a cafe serving light dishes and coffee. The tiny parcel of land this little shop/home sits on is worth several million dollars. 
ISO 800 for 1/8 sec. @ f/5.6
#軽食 #喫茶 #momandpopshop #Yokohama #Japan

Rusty gear and hand-crank loop for manually retractable canvas window awning that used to be on the front of old mom-and-pop shop in urban Yokohama, Japan.
ISO 800 for 1/50 sec. @ f/3.5
#awning #gear #ひさし #歯車 #momandpopshop #Yokohama #Japan

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