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Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:51 pm
by Tanaka
For those that don't look at the other forum Me and a mate went to a Japanese garden on Friday and had ago at taking some photos

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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:09 pm
by missyd
Nice pictures!! Must be a wonderful garden! :wink:

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:17 pm
by The Sorrow
What a beautiful garden, I love everything Japanese... WW2 Japan interesting, but.... the Sengoku period was more fun :mrgreen: Very nice pictures

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:13 pm
by les hearn
hmm seems to be a pattern here tanks

they all like tha gardens ............but havent mentioned you ...... :lol:

either
a....they dont like ya
b....they cant see ya .cos of cammoflage
or c....they dont like ya
...... :lol: :lol: :lol:



nice pics guv and did ya have trouble getting in in uniform

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:08 pm
by Tanaka
My guess Les its a combination of options A and C, but then thats never really bothered me in the past so who cares :lol: :lol: :lol:

The owners of the garden were more than happy to let us do the photos there

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:53 pm
by les hearn
:lol: :lol:

good
looks good for the album

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:40 pm
by The Sorrow
Oh yeah, nice uniform Tanaka :mrgreen: Is your katana original??

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:59 pm
by Tanaka
yeah its original, 500+ year old hand forged blade in military mounts

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:01 pm
by The Sorrow
Wow :shock: Do you know anything about its history?? Like who's owned it. I've always longed for something.. anything owned by a member of the Oda clan. Check out http://www.toraba.com he has some really beautiful stuff :mrgreen:

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:19 pm
by Tanaka
is said to have belong to an officer who was tried for war crimes after the war for his part in the Sandakan death march in New Guinea. the sword does have a silver family crest on it and i have the names of the 2 families it could have belonged to.

Re: Japanese photoshoot

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:01 pm
by The Sorrow
Cooool, its great to own something with such historical importance :mrgreen: