Kamikochi Imperial Hotel, Main Lodge, Matsumoto, Japan, c. 1940
The Kamikochi was Japan’s first mountain resort hotel when opened in 1933 and built in the European Alpine lodge-style design.
This is a postcard, produced in an almost ukiyo-e style was issued by the Japanese Government Railways in the 1930’s and would have been on sale at their stations and at the destinations they served of which this mountain hotel would have been one.
Trees and nature are central to Shinto, a religion that originated in Japan, which holds that spirits inhabit trees that reach one hundred years of age. These tree spirits are known as kodama, and according to Japanese folklore, the kodama give the tree a personality.
Trees themselves are symbols of strength, individuality and expression, calmness, growth and the interconnectedness of everything and they feature heavily in Japanese art.
Kamikochi Imperial Hotel, Main Lodge, Matsumoto, Japan, c. 1940
The Kamikochi was Japan’s first mountain resort hotel when opened in 1933 and built in the European Alpine lodge-style design.
This is a postcard, produced in an almost ukiyo-e style was issued by the Japanese Government Railways in the 1930’s and would have been on sale at their stations and at the destinations they served of which this mountain hotel would have been one.
Trees and nature are central to Shinto, a religion that originated in Japan, which holds that spirits inhabit trees that reach one hundred years of age. These tree spirits are known as kodama, and according to Japanese folklore, the kodama give the tree a personality.
Trees themselves are symbols of strength, individuality and expression, calmness, growth and the interconnectedness of everything and they feature heavily in Japanese art.