First
Home Leased in the city at 10 Kumi Yumigahama at ¥20,000 ($55.55) / mo. was
inexpensive
Owner Yoshino Hideto signed page 2 of the lease agreement which was prepared
in his native language
Second
Home in suburban Beppu 10 Kumi Soen-cho cost $10 more but had many
esthetic advantages
Hisao
Gato was the Blum's new landlord
Suburban Home
had decorative stone wall in the front
Blum Home was a 38-minute ride from the commissary on the off-post bus
Kumi Soen-cho was a simple dirt street
Either Mount Chira or Mount Tsunumi dominated the landscape
Hibachi Pot not needed for heat until winter was moved outside
Back Yard with landscaping, pool and mountain view
Back Yard featured fishpond and mountain view
Kid Magnet the fish pond had frog's eggs
Built-in Playground boulder across the street was an attraction as well
Looking Left the street was rather barren
Looking Right more houses can be seen, note tiled roofs
Down The Street a lady under a parasol walks with her husband
Sometimes ... it snowed, a little
Sometimes ... a little more
Firewood Gatherers note momma-san is doing the hauling
Springtime Cherry blossoms
Torii
Gate Jimmy Blum poses before a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found
at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks
the transition from the profane to the sacred.
(photos courtesy Fitz Blum)
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