Japan-17

Wandering…

The ship was unloading quickly so Ron and I spent as much time as we could in Yokohama. One day Ron spotted a guitar store and couldn’t resist going in…

Wrote this sometime 20 years later. Ron was 17. Hadn’t yet turned 18. Although there were tons of ships in the harbour and lots of seamen going downtown the sight of European faces still attracted attention. There were almost no foreigners in Japan at the time and our presence always drew attention. People would just stop and stare!. We were unique and felt it.

to be continued…