YOKOHAMA
During my morning walks around Yokohama, I've started taking pictures with my
Casio QV100 Digital Camera so I can share the sights (sounds later) of beautiful
downtown Yokohama.
Here is a selection of pictures of Girl Scouts at Yamashita Park on the waterfront. And here
is a series of pictures of a sculpture in the park by Donald Hurd of San Deigo called "Guardian of the Water", presented to teh people of Yokohama by the
people of San Diego in May of 1960.
Here is a picture of the new bicycle I purchased so I could see more of Yokohama.
Here is a picture of the NIPPON Maru, an old sailing vessel moored at the Maritime Museum at
Minato Murai 21 area near the Pan Pacific Hotel where I am staying. That's the famous
Landmark Tower in the background, known as the "Tower of Bubble"
since this very extravagant project was started during the bubble economy of the 80s. This
building is the tallest in Japan and boasts that the elevator which whisks visitors to the
69th floor observation tower is the fastest elevator in the world. It reaches a top speed
of 750 meters per second during a silky smooth trip with elegantly controlled starts and
stops.
Here is a picture of the Nippon Maru under full sail.
This picture was scanned from the Yokohama Maritime Museum brochure using the scanning
attachment of my Cannon BJC-80 printer.
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