So twenty years ago I celebrated Christmas in Yokohama. As I posted yesterday, my mom and I flew from Hong Kong to Tokyo days before Christmas.I remember driving around Yokohama on Christmas day with my mom's old friends, the Nakajimas (pictured here with my mom), Christmas … [Read more...]
Yokohama, 1990
Even though I'm Jewish, I enjoy the traditional spirit of Christmas and look forward to spending this time of year with family and friends.To me, Christmas evokes warm memories.I can do that.Twenty years ago yesterday I sat for this photo in Yokohama, Japan. The … [Read more...]
Book of the week–On the Way to Feed the Swans
After reading about Russia last week, I traveled across Europe to Germany (in my mind) and picked up Hannelore Hahn's memoir, On the Way to Feed the Swans (Tenth House Enterprises, 1982). And that's what I read this week.Hahn is the founder and president of the International … [Read more...]
Giant Buddhas at Bamian, 1965
As a follow up to some previous posts about my mom's trip to Afghanistan in 1965, here's one more slide.I first heard of these Buddhist statues in Bamian when the Taliban put them on the international news circuits in 2001. You know, when the Taliban threatened and then … [Read more...]
The many treasures of Ginza, 1964
Check out this street scene from the Ginza district of Tokyo in 1964. As you can see, a prominent English sign welcomes visitors to the Olympics. My mom took this slide when she and a friend made a last minute side trip from Nagoya to see the Olympics in Tokyo.But what really … [Read more...]
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