Home Movie: Koura Collection: 005832 (silent)

Description: A visit to Japan by a Japanese American family with attention to devotional and respectful visits to cemeteries, religious sites, tourist destinations, and people.

Information on can states: "Japan No 2" / "Middaugh #6"

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Subjects: 1950s, Religion, Rituals, Families, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Nature

Tags: prayer; cemeteries; graveyards; respect; devotion; gravesites; memorials; flowers; candles; incense; Japanese language script on stone; airline handbags; camera shutter problems; film registration issues; people posing for camera; variable frame rates; Tokyo harbor; ferry boats; ferry loaded with freight; flower shop interior; ikebana; bouquets; people posing for camera with large plant arrangement; train stations; rural Japan; small town Japan; family homes; revisiting; migration stories; large family assembly; family reunions; European visitors in Japan; Itsukushima Shrine; shrines; tourists; Japanese school children; petting zoos; parks; open fields; large gatherings of people; shrine architecture; Fukiya Ryokan; ryokans; Mount Misen; high angle photography from top of Mount Misen; tour vehicle; volcanic features; geophysics; thermal springs; hot springs; bubbling springs; Modern architecture; zoos; enclosed Cranes; aviaries; tourist sites; pine trees; women wearing obi; kimono; small towns in winter; historic towns; mountain towns; smokestacks steaming; steam; autumn woods; landscape photography; scenic woodlands; rock formations; misty mountains; fall colors; autumn colors; historic tile rooftops; Buddha statues; Buddhism; geothermal activity; wildflowers; walking on the beach; gates; palm trees; beach rocks; statues; statuary; figurines; temples; torii gate; onsen towns; onsen; Kamado Jigoku; Hells of Beppu; demon statues; oni statues; Japanese women's aprons; Japanese people; Japanese American people; Asian American people

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Creator: Koura Family

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Contributor: Center for Asian American Media

Source Collection: Koura Collection PC-0762, Center for Asian American Media Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1952

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Geographical Location: Japan; Hatsukaichi, Japan; Beppu, Japan

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: original, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 344