Early 20th Century Japanese Cityscape

[anevilgiraffe]

It's a beautiful reconstruction.

absolutely, and we didn't use the lift on purpose. Himeji is stunning but overused in films. I enjoyed Nijojo, but the really gem was Matsue Castle, if memory serves it's one of the best original castles in Japan.

[Triarii]

I bought directly from 3D Alien Worlds' creator here in Japan (Aso Mill) but you can get the same buildings from these shops:
https://www.3dalienworlds.com/info.php?ID=16

Thankyou!

[winder]

Wow really incredible stuff here! I've been checking out the 3d alienworlds terrain for a while might need to pull the trigger on them.

With the tobacco stand did you scratchbuild it? It looks incredible!

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

That's one of my upcoming products, I'm sending a prototype off for casting soon. If everything goes smoothly I hope to have it for sale by next month.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

absolutely, and we didn't use the lift on purpose. Himeji is stunning but overused in films. I enjoyed Nijojo, but the really gem was Matsue Castle, if memory serves it's one of the best original castles in Japan.

I've not been to Matsue Castle but I want to; one of Koizumi Yakumo/Lafcadio Hearn's homes is nearby so its on my to-do list. My favorite original castles, besides Himeji, have been Matsumoto Castle and Matsuyama Castle. As much face time as Himeji gets, I think Matsuyama is even more idea for films as its a mountain top castle.

[mikos khan]

I really like the photos of the Sasebo naval base.  My favorites are the naval guards (SNLF?) and that awesome looking guard post. 

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

I really like the photos of the Sasebo naval base.  My favorites are the naval guards (SNLF?) and that awesome looking guard post.

SNLF personnel were drawn from ship's company, these would be sailors assigned to the Kaiheidan naval barracks.

Incidentally, I'm getting that guard post made in 1/56 for gaming. Here is a prototype used as a police box.



And here it is used as a guard post.

[carlos marighela]

The Japanese Tardis! Nice little model.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

This one is the Japanese TARDIS:

[joekano]

Very nice!

[anevilgiraffe]

The Japanese Tardis! Nice little model.

ah the Jade Pagoda - it's a life pod/secondary real world interface for the main capsule...

  yes I know...

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

I just got back from another research trip to Tokyo and Yokohama for miniatures inspiration and damn, do I have new ideas. Plus more stuff to make your early 20th century Asian cityscapes that much sexier.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Here is a way to spruce up your liquor shops, wooden kanban (signs) which were just beer ads but carved into giant wooden placards to put outside your shop.


This set is from the Tanaka Brewery in Otaru, Hokkaido, which opened in 1927. They are still in business today and I recommend visiting them if ever in Otaru, one of my favorite places in all of Japan. It's interesting to note that one of the beer kanban is for Sakura-Beer, which is from my home, the southern island of Kyushu. Founded in 1913, Sakura-Beer was Japan's third favorite beer of the inter war period.

These kanban are from the Yebisu history museum in Tokyo; it's interesting to note that the "Ebisu" ward of Tokyo takes it's name from the beer and not the other way around. Yebisu built a brewery in this bit of countryside around 1890, resulting in a train station being built to transport the beer from the factory and a city developing around it and taking the name of the brewery.

[mikos khan]

Great stuff.  Very inspiring.  Are you planning on doing any Chinese/Japanese furniture or interior items?   

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

I would like to, but I'm still working on exterior items. I just got my pillar posts, firefighting water basins and wooden trash bins in and am adding them to the website.