In April 1997, I traveled with my father to Japan for an intensive few days of photography and railway exploration. In that time I managed to expose 85 rolls of film. (Not all of railways).To my shock, it turned out that bringing Fujichrome to Japan, was akin to bringing ‘coal to Newcastle’. Not only was slide film plentiful, but it was substantially cheaper than in the USA. However, just to make my mark, I also brought some Kodachrome.
Streetcar in Okayama exposed on Fujichrome with a Nikon N90s. April 1997.Richard J. Solomon with our friend Asao in the mountains southwest of Tokyo, April 1997.Shinjuku, Tokyo on April 19, 1997, exposed on Fujichrome using a Nikon N90S with 28mm lens fitted on a Bogen tripod.A Kodachrome 25 slide exposed in Tokyo, Japan. Streetcars are not common in Tokyo, but there is one long line, and I spent a morning documenting this. Buying a ticket wasn’t as easy as I hoped!
Hiroshima.
This has been among my father’s favorite railway trips and he’s always asking me to post the Japanese photographs on Tracking the Light.
Happy Father’s Day Pop!
Richard Jay Solomon makes a photograph of a Series 400 Shinkansen train on the platform at Fukushima, Japan on April 19, 1997. Exposed on Fujichrome film.
One of the 400-Series Shinkansen trains at Fukushima, Japan. Exposed on Fujichrome.
Quiet morning in Tokyo on April 18, 1997.JR signal at Osaka, April 1997.Bozo View at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo on April 23, 1997.JR suburban train in Tokyo on April 18, 1997.Osaka, Japan on April 24, 1997.
Richard J. Solomon with newspaper waiting on a railway platform in Tokyo on April 23, 1997.
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