Shomei Tomatsu's Chewing Gum and Chocolate takes a deep look at the raw, electric heart of Post-War Japan. Moving through the "base towns" of Yokosuka, Sasebo, and Okinawa, Tomatsu captures the chaotic, neon-drenched collision between a thousand-year-old culture and the sudden influx of American military power.
This is not a polite historical record. It is a gritty, high-contrast, and deeply subjective journey. Through Tomatsu’s lens, we see the swagger of American sailors, the exhaustion of local bar hostesses, and the strange, hybrid landscape of a country reinventing itself in the shadow of its occupiers.
Title: Chewing Gum And Chocolate Publisher: Kehrer Publication Date: 2014 Language: German Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: N/A Edition: First Edition Edition run: N/A Size: 29 x 22 cm Pages: 168
