I am still reviewing my travel photos and scanning old travel albums. Here's one scanned from a print. It was taken on a street corner in the Gion quarter in Kyoto in 1988, when I was there on a work trip. Hard to believe it's more than 33 years ago since I first went there.
I loved this image of the two women walking together
As I recall it was a Pentax and I would most likely have been using Fuji film. I have recently been scanning all my old photos and albums. I scan them at 600dpi to enable reasonable reproduction. @lochoad
The girl on the left is a maiko, or apprentice geisha, and she is wearing okobo, or high platform wooden sandals (a form of geta) which are hard to walk in but, I was told, result in a particular style of mincing walk. There are other differences between a maiko and a fully trained geisha in the way they dress and make up.
Both these girls were on their way to work. @terryliv
What an interesting street shot on so many levels! Glad you alerted me. Have you been back in Japan since this time? I hope so! I have't been back in my homeland since February 2020.
I think it is an interesting shot as well and like you think it is fascinating on a lot of levels. I have liked it since I took it in 1988.
Yes, I have been back to Japan, a number of times since, for work purposes and for holidays. It's always a great place to visit. The last time was in 2016. You were lucky to be able to go in early 2020 with COVID19 restrictions. Where in Japan are you from? @jyokota
Cool picture. We lived in Yokosuka from 2006-2009 and loved it. It was wonderful to be in a different culture and we tried to experience as much as we could. We did make a visit to Kyoto before we moved back to the US
@ankers70 I was born in Tokyo, moved to Okinawa and stayed there during most of my growing up years, returned to Tokyo with my family and then I immigrated to the US. I typically go to Japan at least once a year, and we were there when the covid boat arrived into Yokohama. What kind of work do you do that takes you to Japan?
I was a planner, now retired, working on a number of international projects. Happy to email you more if you would like to continue the conversation. @jyokota
Both these girls were on their way to work. @terryliv
Yes, I have been back to Japan, a number of times since, for work purposes and for holidays. It's always a great place to visit. The last time was in 2016. You were lucky to be able to go in early 2020 with COVID19 restrictions. Where in Japan are you from? @jyokota
I was a planner, now retired, working on a number of international projects. Happy to email you more if you would like to continue the conversation. @jyokota