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Photographs of 19th Century Japan

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444 points merothwell | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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helaoban ◴[09 Apr 25 20:28 UTC] No.43637537[source]▶
What did we do to our world.
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1. freetime2 ◴[10 Apr 25 05:43 UTC] No.43641008[source]▶
Interesting, my reaction to these photos was "no thank you". It's fun to have a glimpse at the past, but I have no desire to live back then.

In particular I'm happy to live in a modern, well-insulated home with climate control. Transportation is also a lot more convenient with cars, trains, and airplanes. And clothing and fashion of the day also looks very uncomfortable to me.

Some of the nature scenes look lovely. But there are still plenty of places in Japan where you can experience the same sense of natural beauty and solitude.