Kamakura;Japan

Scope and Contents Bridal procession to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine, with the Maiden stage in the background. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "A bridal procession coming up to the main building of the Hachiman shrine, apparently for the ceremony, with the bride wearing a pinkish white dress and a big hat (beyond and to the right of the tourist soldier). Most of the men were in cutaway coats and striped trousers, none in Japanese costume." This description contains original...

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Brown seaweed spread out to dry on the beach at Kamakura, Japan among the small boats and bathers."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "One of the Japanese buses in which we rode around the city, before a souvenir shop in Kamakura, Japan. This has a carbon monoxide generator mounted on the rear to provide fuel for the motor."

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The carbon monoxide generator of one of the buses at Kamakura, Japan. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Rear view of a bus at the beach at Kamakura to show the generator used to produce carbon monoxide and other gases from charcoal and wood waste to power the bus."

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A closeup of the face of the Kamakura Daibutsu, or the Great Buddha of Kamakura, made of cast bronze and iron and 43 feet tall. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The head and upper part of the Daibutsu shown in G47, Kamakura, Japan."

Scope and Contents Crowd viewing bird drawing out written fortunes, or "omikujihiki," outside entrance to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The crowd of people, including "Son" Coleman (foreground) and a bearded, turbaned soldier from Bombay, India, around an old Japanese woman telling the fortunes with birds at the entrance to the grounds of the Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura. The small, trained birds go into an inner cage and bring out a slip of paper...

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Allied troops standing beside the entrance to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The main entrance of the principal building of the Hachiman shrine in Kamakura."

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Open pavilion at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "One of the open-walled buildings or roofed shelters on the grounds of the Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman, God of War, in Kamakura, Japan."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Little buckets and potted plant sprinklers made by the Japanese out of discarded Blue Ribbon beer cans, for sale, chiefly to American tourists, in a small shop in Kamakura, Japan."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Roofs of Kamakura between the temple of the Goddess of Mercy and the beach to show thatch, tile, and a lack of paint. The headland beyond the arm of the bay that appears in the picture consists of volcanic ash that closely resembles loess."