Jcarlton Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Today, my dad moved some old slides that my grandfather had taken in 1964 and there was a box marked Japan. I've scanned over one hundred and posted them here:https://www.flickr.com/photos/jccarlton/sets/72157694905908012 He took pictures of the usual tourist stuff and some street scenes, rice paddies and fishing. My grandfather used to work in the emulsions department at Kodak and had access to very good film and from what I've seen of the scans so far, there has been no color drift, so this is a good look a Showa japan in color. 15 5 Link to comment
Suica Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 These photos are absolutely amazing! These are worth being featured in an actual illustrated book. Was your grandfather in Japan for business? Link to comment
Jcarlton Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 From what I've seen it is hard to tell. Some pictures, which I did not scan, lead me to believe that it was a business trip, but the destinations are the usual tourist traps for the most part. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Wow, what amazing work! Thanks so much for sharing! I'll be downloading all of these and already have a few scenes planed out from what your grandfather photographed. The color is amazing! Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Nice photos! This week I just picked up a box of negatives donated to our club by an estate of a chap who was stationed in Yokohama innthe early 50s. He was really into transportation so lots of trams, trains, and busses. jeff Link to comment
Suica Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 63 series EMU: https://flic.kr/p/26UDqoV Same location from another angle https://flic.kr/p/25weaqG I wonder where this is. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I wonder if this is still around, looks like an exciting ride! Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, Suica said: 63 series EMU: https://flic.kr/p/26UDqoV Same location from another angle https://flic.kr/p/25weaqG I wonder where this is. That's easy: Ichigaya Station. Similar angle from Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/JTwEwivpcN12 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, Kiha66 said: I wonder if this is still around, looks like an exciting ride! I think that's in Kyoto and was used for some sort of canal portage (can't remember the details offhand ). Link to comment
Suica Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, railsquid said: That's easy: Ichigaya Station. Similar angle from Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/JTwEwivpcN12 Awesome. Still looks almost the same. Even those fishing pools are still there. Link to comment
serotta1972 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Those are some crazy switchbacks. 1 Link to comment
Suica Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 1 minute ago, serotta1972 said: Those are some crazy switchbacks. Damn, and they had no Eurobeat back in the 60s. How could they possible touge-drift those back then!? 🤣 Note all the buses though. Seems to be a popular place. 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I've identified a few of the locations and added as comments on Flickr. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) Wow amazing photos! Thanks for sharing! This is truly a nice view back in the year when the Shinkansen started operation (1964) ! Immediately, Tomytec comes into mind! Tomytec Bus Galore! Wow I could see the bus industry was really popular back then... Edited June 17, 2018 by JR 500系 2 Link to comment
kvp Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Wonderful photos! The 151 series on the Fuji service was taken a few months before it got replaced with the shinkansen and the photo next to it is the interior of the dining car. I think the racetrack photo Railsquid identified has Omorikaigan station in the foreground before it was elevated a few years later. Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 A wonderful find - thanks for sharing them! Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 5 hours ago, JR 500系 said: Wow amazing photos! Thanks for sharing! This is truly a nice view back in the year when the Shinkansen started operation (1964) ! It's fun identifying the locations of all these photos... this one is a bit tricky, but I guessed the location before I made out the street sign, and I'm 99% sure it's this corner here: https://goo.gl/maps/npxp8FmGNBG2 which marks one edge of the outer Tsukiji fish market. The street sign says "Harumi-dori" (晴海通り) which puts it directly down the road from this one at Sukiyabashi (close to Yurakucho station): japan 1964 128 by John Carlton, on Flickr 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Well this one proved a bit more challenging: japan 1964 61 by John Carlton, on Flickr but, as I said to myself, "Squiddy, if that's not somewhere on the coast between Yokohama and say Hakkeijima, then I'n not an ink-squirting cephalopod". Helpfully the railway sidings centre-left in the photo rang a bell, and thanks to the magic of Google we can confirm they're on the Negishi line just north of Isogo station. Two of the buildings visible in the photo (the large warehouse/factory type one just off the end of the sidings) and the 4-storey concrete one all on its own off to the right next to the sea are still in existence, which nails this one (though the large warehouse/factory building has lost one of its six parts, very likely due to the subsequent construction of the expressway immediately to the left). Google aerial view here: https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.4073814,139.6244995,774m/data=!3m1!1e3 1 2 1 Link to comment
Jcarlton Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 26 minutes ago, railsquid said: Well this one proved a bit more challenging: japan 1964 61 by John Carlton, on Flickr but, as I said to myself, "Squiddy, if that's not somewhere on the coast between Yokohama and say Hakkeijima, then I'n not an ink-squirting cephalopod". Helpfully the railway sidings centre-left in the photo rang a bell, and thanks to the magic of Google we can confirm they're on the Negishi line just north of Isogo station. Two of the buildings visible in the photo (the large warehouse/factory type one just off the end of the sidings) and the 4-storey concrete one all on its own off to the right next to the sea are still in existence, which nails this one (though the large warehouse/factory building has lost one of its six parts, very likely due to the subsequent construction of the expressway immediately to the left). Google aerial view here: https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.4073814,139.6244995,774m/data=!3m1!1e3 The picture was labeled "Yakahama(Yokahama) Prince hotel. Needless to say, long gone, but the hill is apartments and offices now. I though ti was closer to central Yokahama Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Yup, I suspected it was somewhere which had fallen victim to redevelopment. Was there any labelling for this one (or the others taken in the same location)? japan 1964 44 by John Carlton, on Flickr It looks like it might be somewhere on the Izu Peninsula but I can't match it to anywhere. Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, Jcarlton said: The picture was labeled "Yakahama(Yokahama) Prince hotel. Needless to say, long gone, but the hill is apartments and offices now. I though ti was closer to central Yokahama Aha, closed in 2006: http://isomaga.com/topics/060630_good_bye_prince.htm Link to comment
Suica Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 7 hours ago, JR 500系 said: My guess for this location would be this bus parking lot near Kiyomizu-dera https://www.google.de/maps/place/Kyōto,+Präfektur+Kyōto,+Japan/@34.9961962,135.781785,206a,35y,270h,44.95t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!8m2!3d35.0116363!4d135.7680294 Photo might've been taken from up here: https://www.google.de/maps/@34.9961004,135.7803447,3a,75y,327.57h,77.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBo2w8QV2hhiChYRbdMUwiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Wow, I didn't know Japan had such a head-start on the stylus-operated smart phone 😉 japan 1964 76 by John Carlton, on Flickr 1 3 Link to comment
Jcarlton Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, railsquid said: Yup, I suspected it was somewhere which had fallen victim to redevelopment. Was there any labelling for this one (or the others taken in the same location)? japan 1964 44 by John Carlton, on Flickr It looks like it might be somewhere on the Izu Peninsula but I can't match it to anywhere. The picture was taken with some others on the same day that they visited the bronze buddah, so it's probably in the Enoshima-Kamakura area. My fault, the picture is reversed by accident, the location is Yuigahama beach https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yuigahama+Beach/@35.3093063,139.5356417,852m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x601845e5c8ddd717:0x63de5e5c2bc6b1d!8m2!3d35.3092903!4d139.542248 The boats on the beach are still there Edited June 17, 2018 by Jcarlton Link to comment
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