Home Movie Occupied Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Mt. Fuji (1952)

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Shot by an American serviceman or tourist, this 1952-1954 home footage documents a luxury autumn road trip to the coastal resorts of the Kanagawa prefecture in Japan – from the town of Hayama (to the south of Yokohama and Yokosuka), through the towns of Enoshima, Hiratsuka, Kozu, by the Yamanaka lakeside. The vacationing couple visits the shrine and the caves at Enoshima, the Hiratsuka gardens which became the Hiratsuka City Multipurpose Park. 0:09 Card: Arrival in Japan 0:13 Autumn foliage on the mountainous road 0:49 House with a yard, surrounded by a fence, some Japanese cypress trees growing in the yard. Entrance with an unreadable sign above it. 1:00 A Caucasian woman with a suitcase and a flower bouquet - the guest, wearing a fur coat, is met by a Japanese woman in a striped pattern formal kimono 1:16 Three young Japanese women – the hostesses, perhaps the ryokan staff or just the hired housemaids, and the Caucasian woman greet each other by bowing. The guest offers her flowers to them, then the four proceed inside, through the open door. 1:32 Card:"Our home at Hayama and our staff". Hayama is a Sagami bay seaside resort town across the peninsula from Yokosuka and the US Navy base by the same name, which are located on the coast of Tokyo bay. 1:35 The house, built in a modern villa style, surrounded by a garden with rose bushes. 2:24 Garden shed and drying laundry 2:46 The three young Japanese women walking and showing their colorful kimono and obi belts 3:12 Our guest…

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12 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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