Tokyo FM
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its first air date was on April 26, 1970. Frequency: 80.0 MHz FM東京 80.0 MC “mc” stand for megacycles, thats equivalent to saying 80.0 mHz (1 hertz is equal …
Author: Federico
New Year postcard (1957)
In Japan, there is a tradition of sending New Year’s greeting cards, called “nengajo” (年賀状), to relatives, friends and colleagues.This postcard is a so called nengajo, sent at the beginning of 1957, so it is assumed that it was produced …
Windmill
Small sized deck (7,5×5,2cm).It depicts a windmill next to a river and the landscape seems to be a clear reproduction of the painting “Awaiting Spring’s Wistful Breezes”, attributed to the American illustrator William McMurray Thompson (1893-1967).
Dancing
Deck dedicated to the Japanese latin dancer Hirotada Torii and his wife Yoko as dancing partner. They were a dancing couple, mainly in the 70s. In 1975, they won their first All Japan Championships in Latin Division. In 1977 and …
Altus
Heavy box with 13 golf balls having cards with spades from ace to king
Suntory Limited – red
A deck of cards produced for Suntory, one of Japan’s oldest alcoholic beverage production and distribution companies.The back of the box has a sample card glued on it. The joker depicts Uncle Torys, which is the mascot for Suntory whisky, …
Max, Daihatsu Fellow
Daihatsu Fellow Max was a small Japanese automobile produced between 1970 and 1976. The cards feature pin-up images reused in several decks in the 70s, I’ve pixelated them here.
Kirby Clean through – NCL 1019
Fourth and last deck of Kirby cards from the Nintendo clean through line (クリンスルー トランプ). Clean through decks were produced in the early 1990s with the characteristic of having completely transparent parts of the card.
Kirby Clean through – NCL 1018
Third transparent deck of Kirby cards, from 1993. Clean through decks were produced in the early 1990s with the characteristic of having completely transparent parts of the card.
Kirby Clean through – NCL 1017
Second deck of Kirby cards from the Nintendo clean through line (クリンスルー トランプ), from 1993. Clean through decks were produced in the early 1990s with the characteristic of having completely transparent parts of the card.