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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, […]

Rare Photos of The Beatles Painting “Images of a Woman,” the Only Known Painting by All Four Members in Tokyo, 1966

December 22, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteImages of a Woman, also known as The Tokyo Painting is one of those rare Beatles memorabilia pieces […]

Life of the Post-WWII Japan Through Fascinating Color Pictures

December 2, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Allies occupied Japan at the end of World War II until 1952, during which a new constitution […]

Rare Photos of Hachiko, the World’s Most Loyal Dog

November 25, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHachiko, a golden brown Akita, was born on November 10, 1923 at a farm located in Ōdate, Akita […]

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The Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Japan, 1923

October 21, 2019 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Kanto Earthquake, sometimes called the Great Tokyo Earthquake, rocked Japan on September 1, 1923. The city […]

40 Fascinating Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Kyoto, Japan in 1974

October 6, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteKyoto is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island […]

Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Tokyo in the Early 1980s

September 19, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTokyo experienced an economic boom in the 1980s, with an unemployment rate of 4.9%, a low number compared […]

10 Striking Japanese Pop Music Cover Arts by Hiroshi Nagai

July 1, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“Without American pop art I would not have to start painting the way I did. This experience made […]

How the Original Selfie Stick Was Invented in the 1980s

January 11, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBefore the word “selfie” was even coined, let alone in the dictionary. The first selfie stick was neither […]

15 Cool Pics That Defined the Youth Fashion Trends of Tokyo in the 1980s

October 24, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA cool pic collection from Bear in Mind that shows what the youth of Tokyo in the 1980s looked […]

Sukeban: 20 Amazing Photographs Capture Badass Girl Gangs in Japan From the 1970s and 1980s

October 18, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSukeban refers to delinquent girl gangs or more correctly the boss girl in a gang. Sukeban first appeared […]

42 Beautiful Photos of Japanese Girls in Traditional Dresses From the Early 20th Century

October 12, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA photo set that shows portraits of Japanese girls in their traditional dresses from between the 1900s and […]

22 Cheesy Vintage Ads for Arcade and Video Games From 1980s Japan

August 8, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese cheesy vintage gaming ads from 1980s Japan offered consumers a sense they were hot, sexy, in control […]

36 Stunning Hand Colored Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Japan From Between the 1870s and 1880s

August 4, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre introduced photography to the public in 1839 it generated much interest and excitement. But for […]

Before Fast Food Delivery, Here Are Some Amazing Photographs of Soba Noodle Cyclists of Early 20th Century Japan

August 1, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFast food delivery has changed drastically since the old days of demae (which literally “to go in front […]

See Original Graph Paper Sketches That Became ‘Super Mario Bros’

July 20, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIt’s hard to imagine that, not very long ago, developers created video games with tools as rudimentary as […]

The Surreal Photographs by Kansuke Yamamoto, the Pioneer of Japanese Surrealist Photography

July 2, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the act of appropriating the political voice and thematic structure of European Surrealism and melding it with […]

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