Brooklyn Dodgers In Ridgewood Queens
The second and third homes of the Brooklyn Dodgers were in Ridgewood in Queens between 1886 to 1889. … Read More Brooklyn Dodgers In Ridgewood Queens
Author: Richard Arthur
Hiroshima Peace Park
It was 76 years ago today that the Enola Gay dropped an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. Last year I visited Hiroshima Peace Park to pay my respects. The video is a one hour tour that starts at the Genbaku Dome and ends at the epicenter of where the bomb detonated.
McGurk’s Suicide Hall
New York Stories. In today’s episode I pay a visit to the place where McGurk’s Suicide Hall once stood… Read More McGurk’s Suicide Hall
Maspeth Walkaround
We take a Walking in New York City trip today around my neighborhood of Maspeth in Queens. I show you some of the old signs in the area, local stores and we finish with a great conversation with two auto repair shop owners/workers. The business has been around since the 1950’s and the guys were… Read More Maspeth Walkaround
The Christmas Lights Of Hiroshima
One of the unexpected memories from my recent trip to Japan was the Christmas Lights of Hiroshima… Read More The Christmas Lights Of Hiroshima
The Christmas Lights Of Tokyo
One unexpected surprise during my trip to Japan 日本 has been the wonderful displays of Christmas lights in each city. So far I have taken videos of the Christmas lights of Tokyo 東京, Osaka and Hiroshima. You can see all of the videos from the various cities RIGHT HERE. To be honest I hadn’t expected… Read More The Christmas Lights Of Tokyo
Senso-Ji In Tokyo – Video
Here is the first of many posts from my 2020/21 trip to Japan. In this first video I go to Senso-Ji on the first morning… Read More Senso-Ji In Tokyo – Video
Edo Castle In Tokyo
First of all I wrote about my journey to Tokyo (LINK), which I then followed up with two posts about the Naruko Tenjin Shrine (POST 1) and (POST 2). For the fourth post I skipped ahead… Read More Edo Castle In Tokyo
Watching BiSH In Tokyo
Even to this day it confuses me, I love the punk band without instruments, BiSH. Why does it confuse me you ask? It is quite simple really, my musical proclivities revolve around 1950’s Rock and Roll and Rockabilly… Read More Watching BiSH In Tokyo
The Statues Of Naruko Tenjin Shrine
Founded in the year 903, like most of Tokyo the shrine is a post war reconstruction. The bombing of Tokyo during World War 2 leveled 16 square miles of the city and therefore most of what you see in Tokyo today is a reconstruction… Read More The Statues Of Naruko Tenjin Shrine
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