The people of Seattle raised funds in 1950 to buy Hiroshima playgrounds so children could play and grow. They were inspired by the words sent…
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Published January 20, 2025
Category: Japan
Published December 31, 2024
Tamagawa Aqueduct: Tokyo walking
Recently I took a pleasant walk on the former Tamagawa Aqueduct, from Shinjuku to Sasazuka. Previously I wrote part one, describing my starting point at…
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Published December 30, 2024
Aoi Bridge: Tokyo walking
Recently I walked in Tokyo from Shinjuku to Sasazuka on the old Tamagawa Aqueduct, starting at Aoi Bridge. It was certainly a refreshing break from…
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Published February 12, 2020
Utsunomiya, 1952 and 2019
Scenes of Utusnomiya, Japan from 1952 rephotographed in 2019.
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Published March 8, 2019
Nikko Rephotography
Tourism of famous sites is a shared experience through time. Here are six photos of a visit to Nikko, Tochigi, Japan, paired with archival 1890s…
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Published March 19, 2015
Traveling Photography
(This article by me originally appeared on the now-defunct site Indicommons.org, which celebrated the Flickr Commons. It ran in July 2009. Rescued via archive.org in…
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Published November 30, 2014
Lopat’s Nomads vs. Team Ultraman Samurai (1953 and 2014)
In October and November 1953 a team of America’s biggest stars traveled to Honolulu, Tokyo, Nagoya, Okinawa and Manila to put on a show. Each…
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