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Panasonic MC-1000, the Very First Plastic-Bodied Vacuum Cleaner From 1965

January 30, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site It’s a Car! It’s a Toy! It’s a Vintage Spaceship! Before the mid-1950s, vacuum cleaners weren’t in […]

America Fair in Osaka, Japan, on March 25, 1950

January 17, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBy 1950, the U.S. occupation of Japan was in its fifth year, so the Japanese newspaper Asahi Press […]

Hand-colored photographs of Japan on the brink of modernity, 1870s

December 31, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn this article, we’ve collected a few rare photographs from the 1870s taken by Shinichi Suzuki (1835-1918) who […]

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Okinawa in the Early 1970s

December 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOkinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the Ryukyu Islands with a geographic area of 2,280 […]

December 10, 1968: The Greatest Bank Heist in Japanese History, the Perpetrator Was Never Found to This Day

December 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn the morning of December 10, 1968, four Kokubunji branch employees of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko (Nippon Trust […]

20 Weird Japanese Inventions That We Definitely Need

December 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteJapan, the land of the rising sun, is world-reknowned for its technological prowess. It’s no secret that Japanese […]

50 Amazing Color Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Japan From the Mid-1950s

October 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter Japan surrendered in 1945, ending World War II, Allied forces led by the United States occupied the […]

20 Candid Photographs of David Bowie Touring Around Kyoto, Japan in 1980

October 16, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDavid Bowie was fascinated by Japan. But he loved Kyoto, to the point where he considered making it […]

12 Wonderful Color Photographs That Capture Scenes of Gifu, Japan in the Mid 1950s

October 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteGifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural […]

Rare hand-colored photos of the everyday life in Meiji Japan, 1890s

October 14, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter centuries of isolation and several unsuccessful attempts by the Western nations at opening Japan to international relations […]

Vintage Photos of Maikos Portraying the Three Wise Monkeys From the Early 20th Century

October 12, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle “see no evil, hear no […]

16 Wonderful Color Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Nagoya, Japan in the 1950s

September 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is Japan’s fourth-largest incorporated city and […]

Rare Photograph of a True Samurai Taken by Felice Beato, circa 1864-65

August 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteItalian–British photographer Felice Beato (1832 – 29 January 1909) was one of the first people to take photographs […]

Fukushi Masaichi, the Man Who Created the Largest Collection of Tattooed Human Skin in the World

July 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFukushi Masaichi (1878–1956) was a Japanese physician, pathologist and Emeritus Professor of Nippon Medical School in Tokyo. He […]

Gas Mask Parade, Tokyo, 1936

June 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAn army of schoolgirls marching through Tokyo, their faces an anonymous sea of gas masks. Perhaps one of […]

Romantic Photos Capture Young Couple in Japan in the Late 1950s

June 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the late 1950s, LIFE photographer John Dominis came to Japan to capture the love and marriage life, […]

Japan’s 1918 Pandemic Prevention Posters Suggested Some Rules to Avoid Spreading and Contracting the Flu

May 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1918 Influenza epidemic began in Japan in late August 1918 and became a national epidemic in November. […]

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The complicated history of Japanese tattoos, 1860-1890

May 12, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteTattoos have an extensive history in Japan, and to truly understand the stigma behind them it is essential […]

34 Candid Color Photographs of Queen’s First Visit to Japan in 1975

April 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the spring of 1975 Queen set foot as a band for the first time in Japan much […]

Charming Color Photos of Kittens Taken by Nobuo Honda

April 12, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteKittens are amongst the world’s most inquisitive creatures, frequently to be found hiding in the most unlikely places, […]

Japan in the Early 1950s Through Amazing Color Slides

March 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter Japan surrendered in 1945, ending World War II, Allied forces led by the United States occupied the […]

Candid Photographs Captured Beach Goers Relaxing at Isshiki Beach, Japan, 1964

March 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site1964 is considered a seminal year in modern Japanese history. The Tokyo Olympics and first run of the […]

40 Colorized Photos of Japanese Bathing Beauties in the Early 20th Century

January 22, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis set from Okinawa Soba contains colorized photos of mostly geisha and maiko posing as bathing beauties during […]

Fascinating Color Pics Document Everyday Life of Sendai, Japan in 1949-50

January 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFounded in 1600 by the daimyō Date Masamune. Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the […]

35 Fascinating Color Snaps Capture Everyday Life of Tokyo in the Early 1950s

January 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTokyo is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869, […]

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