YOKOHAMA WATERFRONT AND OLD BOATS IN 1963

THESE OLD BOATS WERE FROM AN ERA LONG BEFORE THE WAR WAS OVER OR BEGAN. THEY WERE AN ODD SIGHT, NOT REALLY FISHING BOATS, BUT MORE LIKE HARBOR TUGS OF SORTS, THE KIND THAT LEAD, TOW AND GUIDE LARGE SHIPS JUST LAUNCHED TO THE CHANNEL DEEP SO THEY COULD GO TO FARAWAY AND DISTANT BASES, PLACES WITH DUTCH NAMES. THE FLAG FLYING THEN MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE ABOVE THEIR MEGA VESSELS OF THIS TIME AND PLACE

HOW MANY IMAGES OF MT FUJI ARE STILL IN OLD SEA TRUNKS?

IT WAS A BRAND NEW SET OF MT FUJI POSTCARDS, I RECALL. WHO GOT THE ONE IN SUMMER, SPRING OR FALL, I CAN'T RECALL; I HAVE THE ONE WITH THE WINTER SCENES, FOR SURE. THIS ONE, DESPITE THE CREASES, IS STILL VIVID, STILL NOT FADED, NOT TOO TORN OR TATTERED. WHAT ELSE WAS IN THAT TRUNK WAS A LARGE SAKE BOTTLE. IT HAD A FEW DROPS OF THAT RICE ALCOHOL INSIDE UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE WINTER OF TWO DECADES AGO...