19th Century Miso Storehouse, Yanagawa City, Japan

[Andrew O'Neill]

 

[FotoD]

Thanks for posting! It's really interesting to get a glimpse into Japanese culture and architecture through your videos.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thanks for posting! It's really interesting to get a glimpse into Japanese culture and architecture through your videos.

I can't wait to retire at the end of the school year, so that I can spend more time over there. I have more videos on my youtube channel! Cheers!

 

[Dustin McAmera]

Thanks! Excellent!

I used to pass (almost every working day) a banana-ripening warehouse, where they took bananas straight off the ship, and ripened them in small batches to keep just-ripe bananas available for the shops until the next ship. It was a little old brick place; no idea if it was still working even then. I kept saying 'some time I'll go and photograph that place' but never did. I suppose it's not as far as Japan...

(I checked google maps; they built houses on it )

 

[drkhalsa]

Thanks, Andrew. Great photos! Love seeing Japan. 20 minutes ago, before seeing your post, I mixed some miso with sesame tahini and spread it on an apple. Delicious!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thanks! Excellent!

I used to pass (almost every working day) a banana-ripening warehouse, where they took bananas straight off the ship, and ripened them in small batches to keep just-ripe bananas available for the shops until the next ship. It was a little old brick place; no idea if it was still working even then. I kept saying 'some time I'll go and photograph that place' but never did. I suppose it's not as far as Japan...

(I checked google maps; they built houses on it )

That happened several times when I lived in Japan. The worst was when I was walking in a bamboo forest and stumbled across several abandoned houses. Came back the following week with the 4x5 and the entire forest and houses had been levelled, to make way for new houses.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thanks, Andrew. Great photos! Love seeing Japan. 20 minutes ago, before seeing your post, I mixed some miso with sesame tahini and spread it on an apple. Delicious!

I'll have to try that! Thanks!

 

[drkhalsa]

I'll have to try that! Thanks!

Be sure to use a Fuji apple. Mine was a Gala.

 

[Kino]

Thanks, Andrew. Great photos! Love seeing Japan. 20 minutes ago, before seeing your post, I mixed some miso with sesame tahini and spread it on an apple. Delicious!

Always looking for new taste adventures, as is evidenced by my waistline. Sounds interesting! Thanks!

 

[Helge]

Abandoned houses are common mostly because it’s extreme cumbersome and expensive to throw stuff out in Japan.
Emptying out a house is a big process with permits and fees. Razing the lot and building a new house is a nightmare.
If you really love the place, you could buy a newly abandoned property and move in for very little money.
There is a Swedish guy, Anton, who has made a living out of doing this. Do a search.

Lovely print!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Abandoned houses are common mostly because it’s extreme cumbersome and expensive to throw stuff out in Japan.
Emptying out a house is a big process with permits and fees. Razing the lot and building a new house is a nightmare.
If you really love the place, you could buy a newly abandoned property and move in for very little money.
There is a Swedish guy, Anton, who has made a living out of doing this. Do a search.

Lovely print!

I'm not interested in buying abandoned property and I well aware of foreigners on Youtube showing their lives in abandoned homes, or selling them.. Many of my friends over there bought empty homes for next to nothing. I quite like my apartment over there, in an ocean side town, close to the big city. Can't wait to get back over there!

 

[Helge]

I'm not interested in buying abandoned property and I well aware of foreigners on Youtube showing their lives in abandoned homes, or selling them.. Many of my friends over there bought empty homes for next to nothing. I quite like my apartment over there, in an ocean side town, close to the big city. Can't wait to get back over there!

Oh so you do have an apartment in Japan. Living the sweet life! You could do a special on the state of film in Japan.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Oh so you do have an apartment in Japan. Living the sweet life! You could do a special on the state of film in Japan.

Well, when I was there this past Summer, the film situation was disappointing, at least in Osaka, Kyoto, and Fukuoka City. All I could see were a few empty and tattered 120 boxes of some Ilford BW films. They don't keep actual rolls on the floor. I didn't buy any, as I brought mine with me. Hopefully, Tokyo was better, but I doubt it.

 

[Helge]

Most people are probably shopping film online like in most other parts of the world.
I meant more like how many do you spot in the wild, how is the used camera market, is there clubs and industry/private shows etc?

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Most people are probably shopping film online like in most other parts of the world.
I meant more like how many do you spot on in the wild, how is the used camera market, is there clubs and industry/private shows etc?

Got it! Thanks! For what's it's worth, last Summer, I didn't see any film users. Everyone was using their phones. I'll keep a watchful eye out when I'm over there more permanently (planning on spending Autumn, Winter, Spring there. Summers here. Vancouver Summers are wonderful. I just can't deal with the "rain everyday Winters" LOL)