Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2011 Visualizing Cultures
We took field trips to the mountains and cities near Hiratsuka. I liked to be out with my friends and started to take pictures with my Olympus camera wherever we went.
Site 10: Fisherman and Woman
School Field Trips
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I took this picture with my Olympus camera.
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Outing on mountain with my class–approximately 50 of us.
Back row, 6th from left, Sotaro Kobayashi
Back row, first boy from left, Shigeru (me)
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Field trip to mountain... I am carrying some sort of mystery bag...
2nd from left, my best friend, Sotaro Kobayashi; last on right, Shigeru (me)
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5th grade, 1961. Our annual class field trip that year was to the city of Yokohama.
Yokohama is the largest port in Japan. It is about 25 miles from Hiratsuka in the same prefecture. On our field trip we visited the
pier and boats.
The annual school trip is a big thing. These days students even go to other countries. Hawaii is popular. The trip is to promote a
sense of being part of a group.
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School outing to a restaurant/tea shop, late spring. We all carry water bottles. Front row, last on left (1/2cut off), Sotaro Kobayashi
Front row, 2nd from left, Shigeru, next to him.
The tea shop served
traditional Japanese green tea and sweets. We sat on the floor
traditional style, on individual straw mats, tatami. Most of us
ate ice cream.
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Mrs. Tanaka, the fisherwoman I interviewed at the Wharf, at age 13
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Mrs. Tanaka (far left) age 21
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Mrs. Tanaka (left), (age 18) with elementary school friend and her sister; Tokiko (right), (names written on the photo in Japanese kanji.)
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the wedding of Mrs. Tanaka
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I discovered they knew her shoe size at Uncle Hiroshi’s shoe store! The shoe store has served the area near the Wharf for many years and they know the customers well.
We hiked, carrying water containers, wearing partial school uniforms.
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Mrs. Tanaka age 22
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Mrs. Tanaka
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Mrs. Tanaka at age 23, Showa 24, February 6th
