Yokohama Navy Exchange was where?

Hello, Goe

Wood images may be "Seven Gods of Good Luck".
Sorry, I don't know about them detail.
You have lucky from your images.

This link is "Fukurokujyu"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukurokuju

Thank you Kaoru!

This Kannon image owns Eric-san, his father bought this in Japan 1950s.

http://photozou.jp/photo/show/3125106/219673363

Thank you, Kaoru san, for posting my picture of the statue of Kanon.
As I understand it, she is an angel in Buddhism, if angels are permitted.

Someone more knowledgeable about Kanon/Canon is invited to tell us more.

Early on our stay in Japan, we were wandering in Kamakura, looking for the Dai Butsu we stumbled on a temple that held the Hase Kannon. This was our first introduction to this diety. We became quite fond of this Goddess of Mercy.

Originally called Guanyin or Guan Yin from China, this East Asian Buddhist diety is Known as Kannon in Japan. Not an Angel as such but a "Goddess".

A huge statue of Kannon is in Ofuna and can be seen from the train at the train station.

There is a quiet peacefulness about this diety, Invoking peace and forgiveness.

I picked up a small [5 inch] bronze statue in Kyoto and loved it as it is very crude and looks a thousand years old. it was very inexpensive.

So... Kannon is a Goddess. Canon is a camera. Sorry couldn't resist. Not to be confused with Canton, where they make Blue Willow.

I don't know if this is completely accurate, but I was told the goddess Kanon was the inspiration for the camera company's name, Canon.

I have some photos of Yokohama in the 1960's.

http://s231.photobucket.com/user/Lola92677/library/

Eric

I looked up the history of the Canon Camera Company. You are right!

The founder named the company after Kwannon, and had a great fondness to Kannon.

I didn't know. I am corrected.

Thank you Louann for the pictures.
:)

Louann R, domo arigato for those old pictures of Yokohama and Yokosuka! :-)

I'm not sure people who remember Motomachi from the 1950's would recognize the place now looks like in 2015, especially with all the new buildings there.

I am glad you enjoyed them, Joe and Sacto. Thank you.

Louann R, you're welcome. :-)

Personally, I'm not sure any US military personnel who lived in the Yokohama area in the 1950's would recognize the city itself--especially since the complete rebuilding of the port area with the Minato Mirai development from 1983 onward. The area that is Minato Mirai used to be a major shipyard owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and a major freight car classification yard for JGR (and after World War II, JNR).

Thanks for the photo link, Louann. We were stationed at the Embassy in Tokyo in the 70s, and would come down to Yokohama, eat at the cafeteria, shop at the exchange, and go home. I was 10 when we left, so I remember those buildings being a lot bigger than they look in the photos.

We would also go to Yokosuka or Yokota AFB to shop, and I still remember my parents buying $130 worth of groceries somewhere one time, which was probably a month or two worth of food for our family of 5.

Another trip down memory lane.
Thanks !

James H., speaking of Base Exchanges, was your family at the time getting American groceries (e.g., the food you could buy in an American supermarket) at Yokosuka or Yokota? I wonder was it one of the few places you could buy a real turkey on Japanese soil during the holiday season (nowadays, you can get them at the Costco store in Kanagawa, a short drive from the Yokosuka naval base).

Promise of summer
Waits in Spring's bright green array
Anticipation

Thanks Lori very nice.
We are coming out of the worst winter I in Nh over 110 inches of snow. Still not gone and was 27o f below zero.

My turn ?

Yes, Peter. I believe it's your turn to contribute to the "Haiku revival". Hopefully the promise of Spring and Summer will inspire you.

I had predicted, that by now
the snow would be gone...
I was wrong........

Hello, there

Eric-san's son and his pretty wife are traveling of Japan now.
They arrived at NRT on 18th. And did sightseeing of Nikko for two days. They visited to Honmoku, bluff Yokohama Sankeien garden with I and my wife, and stayed my house. They're sightseeing of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka now.