(gif of Juliana’s courtesy of Blingie.com)
This is a guest post written by our special guest, Elbert, from the Ch-ch-changes Podcast
Note:
- Ehime prefecture is actually on the northwest side of Shikoku island, not the northeast as mentioned by Elbert [sorry, I’ve always been directionally-challenged].
- A “mansion” in Japan is a condominium-style rental apartment.
Matsuyama City, Ehime prefecture, Shikoku, Japan:
https://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/lang/en/
Uchiko, Ehime prefecture:
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20150727/p2a/00m/0na/028000c
Waxing Poetic in Uchiko:
http://us.jnto.go.jp/blog/waxing-poetic-in-uchiko/
Uchiko Candle Making video (from 0:38; Korean language; the handmade candles are made from sumac berries and are famous for their large smokeless flames)
https://youtu.be/gnzmidDyLiY?t=38s
Japan in the 70s, parts 1 & 2 (part 2 reminds me most of the 70s Japan I experienced):
Antique Japanese Red Payphone:
http://philip.greenspun.com/images/200408-japan/antique-payphone.jpg
Tsuruhashi, Osaka:
http://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-city-guides/tsuruhashi-koreatown-osaka
Japan’s Hidden Caste of Untouchables:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34615972
Japan’s Hidden Apartheid: Koreans in Japan (parts 1 and 2):
JET Programme:
Japan: Then and Now [TIME photo essay – Then (1989, Bubble Period) and Now (2009)]:
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1905385,00.html
Juliana’s Tokyo:
Japan: A Story of Love and Hate (2008):
“Naoki once had it all – the fast car, the executive home. Boss of his own business he lived the good-life when Japan’s economy was at its height. Then the bubble burst – and he met Yoshie.”
Driving Etiquette:
It took a while to find a polite turn-off-the-lights-at-the-intersection example, but check out the taxicab on the right side of the frame at 4:36:
https://youtu.be/Y5Nkyg4aSU4?t=4m36s
Polite Japanese Drivers:
Happy End :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_End_(band)
