Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall


Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall aka "Jack's Tower" paid for the local citizens and erected in 1917 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama Port. The building was designed in the Neo-renaissance style The interior was destroyed by fires after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. With the exterior intact, the interior was restored 4 years later. For years, foreign sailors visited the three towers, King's Tower, Queen's Tower, and Jack's Towers as symbols to pray to for safety before heading back to sea for their next port or h ome country. The Hall offers great insight into the confluence of trendy European design and American designs combined with a sense of Japanese traditional culture. 
ISO 400 at ƒ/11 for 1/200 sec.
#JackTower #YokohamaArchitecture #classicalarchitecture #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Yokohama #Japan #ジャックの塔 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Just one of many motifs used throughout the interior of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall (aka Jack's Tower) reflecting the Neo-renaissance design used throughout the building, which was built in 1917. Amazingly, the building remained standing after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and miraculously survived the fire bombing raid of 454 B-29s on May 29th. During the allied occupation following the war, (1945 to 1958), the U.S. Army used this building as a movie theater for U.S. soldiers and sailors.
ISO 200 at ƒ/5 for 1/125 sec.
#Yokohama #JackTower #YokohamaArchitecture #classicalarchitecture #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #ジャックの塔 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Antique Neo-renaissance ceiling lights reflecting off of a restored painting hanging on the wall at the bottom of grand staircase of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/5 for 1/100 sec.
#reflections #antiquelights #classicalarchitecture #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #反射 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Stained glass image depicting the sidewheel-steam frigate, USS Powhatan, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry on his mission to deliver a letter from President Fillmore forcefully demanding that the Japanese Emperor open ports of trade with American ships. The eventual Treaty of Kanagawa was signed on March 5, 1854 in the tiny fishing village of Yokohama. Yokohama Port quickly expanded trade with the U.S., France, the U.K., and Russia transforming the village of Yokohama into a vibrant metropolitan port city welcoming cultures, technology, art, and ideas for political reform from around the world into Japan. 
ISO 1600 at ƒ/5 for 1/80 sec.
#stainedglass #antiquewindow #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #ポーハタン号 #黒船来航 #ペリー提督 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

One of the domes of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, which adopted the Tatsuno Free Classic Style of architecture. The architect and son of a samurai, Tatsuno Kingo, was educated in the UK and traveled throughout Europe. I wonder if the elaborate dome and cupola on top of the dome were influenced by similar elements found on the roofline of the Chateau de Chambord in France. 
ISO 200 at ƒ/6.3 for 1/80 sec.
#dome #roof #cupola #TatsunoKingo #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #辰野金吾 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Yuzu citrus fruit in a window at Bankart Studio NYK art museum during the Yokohama Triennale international exhibition of contemporary art.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/200 sec.
#YokohamaTriennale #art #exhibition #yuzu #BankartStudioNYK #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ #ゆず #PentaxKS2

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Yamashita Park and MM21


The Marine Shuttle and the Marine Rouge (dinner cruise ships) docked at Yamashita Park in the Port of Yokohama.
ISO - at ƒ/6.3 for 1/80 sec.
#YamashitaPark #MarineShuttle #MarineRouge #YokohamaPort #cruiseships #山下公園 #マリーンルージュ #マリーンシャトル #横浜港 #クルーズ船 #PentaxKS2

Built in 1894, Osanbashi Pier was rebuilt in 2002 with a new international passenger terminal. Harbor pilot boats (foreground) and the Royal Wing docked along side the pier.
ISO - at ƒ/13 for 15 sec.
#OsanbashiPier #RoyalWing #cruiseship #pilotboat #YokohamaPort #PortofYokohama #大さん橋 #大桟橋 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜港 #クルーズ船 #パイロットボート #ロイヤルウイング #PentaxKS2

Completed in 1989, the Yokohama Bay Bridge is a three-span cable-stayed bridge standing at 460 meters high (1,510 feet) that connects the ports of Yokohama and Tokyo. Although it experienced extreme shaking for 10 minutes during the great earthquake of 2011, the bridge suffered no structural damage! A tall bridge in its day, luxury liners are now too big to pass under. Fortunately, sleek, classic liners like the Queen Elizabeth (QE3) are able to pass under the bridge at low tide and dock in Yokohama to great fanfare.
ISO - at ƒ/29 for 15 sec.
#YokohamaBayBridge #YokohamaPort #PortofYokohama #YokohamaBay #cablestayedbridge #横浜ベイブリッジ #ベイブリッジ #横浜港 #斜張橋 #PentaxKS2

Skyline of the Minato-Mirai district in central Yokohama on the port’s edge. This shot shows the Queen’s Square Towers A, B, and C; Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel, and the iconic InterContinental Yokohama Grand hotel designed in the shape of a sail.
ISO - at ƒ/20 for 2 sec.
#MM21 #MinatoMirai #QueensSquare #InterContinentalHotel #CosmoClock21 #Ferriswheel #みなとみらい #クイーンズスクエア横浜 #コスモクロック21 #観覧車 #PentaxKS2

Looking down from an old raised train track that has been converted into a pedestrian overpass, you can see Blue Blue Yokohama--a store that sells mostly vintage clothing from the States. This is a shot of a Pepsi Cola outdoor neon clock mounted to the south side of their store, which is in walking distance of Osanbashi Pier and Yamashita Park in central Yokohama.
ISO - at ƒ/4 for 1/100 sec.
#BlueBlueYokohama #MinatoMirai #vintagesign #vintageclock #neonsign #ブルーブルーヨコハマ #みなとみらい #ヴィンテージサイン #ヴィンテージ時計 #ネオンサイン #PentaxKS2

View of Osanbashi International Passenger Terminal as seen from Zo-no-hana Park on the water's edge of Yokohama Port.
ISO - at ƒ/22 for 8 sec.
#OsanbashiPier #YokohamaPort #PortofYokohama #OsanbashiPassengerTerminal #大さん橋 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜港 #PentaxKS2

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