The Flickr Peanutsclub Image Generatr

Details of a scene completed with watercolor pencils. So far, I have yet to use any pen and ink on this one. Suggestions welcome. Yes, I know, "tear it up, go to the Art Institute and try it again in a more academic style." Okay, but it is a little late.

This sent to me by a Flickr friend who shot it inside the Peanuts Club in the mid-60s. He mentioned the elevator that slowly ascended to 4th floor and down again, slowly, so all could enjoy the various venues of live music featured.

THE PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA: 1961, 1962, 1963...four floors with an elevator of live music..(日本語ロック論争, a pen and ink with watercolor by R.L.Huffstutter

Unless one really knew about the Peanuts Club, or heard the music playing all night and all day, one might walk by the somewhat austere fascade where the arrow pointed up. But really, one had only to be in the service or in their teens to know about the Peanut or Peanuts Club.

The Peanuts Club attracted the likes of my type, a young guy in the service, Japanese teenagers in their late teens and dependents in their late teens who lived at the Yokohama Housing for U.S.Service and Government employees. It was the coolest musical pub and coffee bar or pub in Yokohama.

Watercolor and pen and ink by R.L.Huffstutter

This area was like a magnet and attracted youthful Japanese and young servicemen. It was the happening place with the Peanuts Club open 24 hours featuring a variety of live bands on an elevator that moved up and down four floors of spirited, smiling customers.

I remember hearing a Japanese band singing Country and Western for the first time. Their outfits looked like they were from the Grand Ol' Opry with sparkling sequins and saddle-stiching. They did an excellent job, but it was the rock and roll that really got the place moving.

Young Japanese students in their mid to late teens frequented this club as did servicemen in their late teens. Oftentimes, dependents of the servicemen stationed in Japan would wander off base housing to get into the scene. It was a most eclectic group of young people rocking around the clock and sipping coffee, wine Kirin, Asahi and Coca Cola mixed with Suntory's version of Crown Royal.

This area was like a magnet and attracted youthful Japanese and young servicemen. It was the happening place with the Peanuts Club open 24 hours featuring a variety of live bands on an elevator that moved up and down four floors of spirited, smiling customers.

I remember hearing a Japanese band singing Country and Western for the first time. Their outfits looked like they were from the Grand Ol' Opry with sparkling sequins and saddle-stiching. They did an excellent job, but it was the rock and roll that really got the place moving.

Young Japanese students in their mid to late teens frequented this club as did servicemen in their late teens. Oftentimes, dependents of the servicemen stationed in Japan would wander off base housing to get into the scene. It was a most eclectic group of young people rocking around the clock and sipping coffee, wine Kirin, Asahi and Coca Cola mixed with Suntory's version of Crown Royal.

The Ben Hur shades were all the rage in Japan in the early 60s. I had to spend what was the equivalent of $30 U.S. dollars to get my shades. For that amount, I could have spent three nights at Frank Lloyd Wright's famous hotel, THE IMPERIAL PALACE. ( I did spend a few nights there in 1961).

The Peanuts Club or Music Saloon was another story. It will always remain a fond memory. More about the Peanuts Club in other posts. Tags: Peanuts-Club Yokohama Japanese-Bars, etc.

I still have my shades and plan to take them with me when I return to Yokohama. I want to sit in a bar with these goofy glasses and buy all of the young women drinks. And I might do a few portraits too. Dream on, fool............

One image of many in a collection: Portraits of a Young Woman from Totsuka-1962 & 1963. All of the sketches were done while I was in Japan. Part of this collection remains in Japan.

NUMBER 1 SINGER IN JAPAN 1959 & 1960...her hit, "Fujiama Mama" hit the charts as number one for many months. I recall many bands of Japanese musicians who were playing the club circuit who changed from tux to country and western threads. They received standing ovations for their rendition of "Fujiyama Mama" and usually followed it with a repeat, an encore.

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She was beautiful. Our eyes met and I could not resist her charm. I walked over and introduced myself. I asked her if she would like to meet the following day. She said she would. She told me to meet her at a coffee shop called the Wein. She wrote the name down in Japanese and told me to give it to my taxi driver when I arrived. She told me I would have no problem finding a taxi driver who knew the location. I was totally intoxicated with her beauty. When she departed, I bade her good night. She was accompanied by a female friend, another student. We waved. It was the beginning of a great time in my life.

the bar of the Peanuts Club in Yokohama, Japan...1962, an oil by Robert L. Huffstutter

This area was like a magnet and attracted youthful Japanese and young servicemen. It was the happening place with the Peanuts Club open 24 hours featuring a variety of live bands on an elevator that moved up and down four floors of spirited, smiling customers.

I remember hearing a Japanese band singing Country and Western for the first time. Their outfits looked like they were from the Grand Ol' Opry with sparkling sequins and saddle-stiching. They did an excellent job, but it was the rock and roll that really got the place moving.

Young Japanese students in their mid to late teens frequented this club as did servicemen in their late teens. Oftentimes, dependents of the servicemen stationed in Japan would wander off base housing to get into the scene. It was a most eclectic group of young people rocking around the clock and sipping coffee, wine Kirin, Asahi and Coca Cola mixed with Suntory's version of Crown Royal.

This area was like a magnet and attracted youthful Japanese and young servicemen. It was the happening place with the Peanuts Club open 24 hours featuring a variety of live bands on an elevator that moved up and down four floors of spirited, smiling customers.

I remember hearing a Japanese band singing Country and Western for the first time. Their outfits looked like they were from the Grand Ol' Opry with sparkling sequins and saddle-stiching. They did an excellent job, but it was the rock and roll that really got the place moving.

Young Japanese students in their mid to late teens frequented this club as did servicemen in their late teens. Oftentimes, dependents of the servicemen stationed in Japan would wander off base housing to get into the scene. It was a most eclectic group of young people rocking around the clock and sipping coffee, wine Kirin, Asahi and Coca Cola mixed with Suntory's version of Crown Royal.

Details of a scene completed with watercolor pencils. So far, I have yet to use any pen and ink on this one. Suggestions welcome. Yes, I know, "tear it up, go to the Art Institute and try it again in a more academic style." Okay, but it is a little late.

This area was like a magnet and attracted youthful Japanese and young servicemen. It was the happening place with the Peanuts Club open 24 hours featuring a variety of live bands on an elevator that moved up and down four floors of spirited, smiling customers.

I remember hearing a Japanese band singing Country and Western for the first time. Their outfits looked like they were from the Grand Ol' Opry with sparkling sequins and saddle-stiching. They did an excellent job, but it was the rock and roll that really got the place moving.

Young Japanese students in their mid to late teens frequented this club as did servicemen in their late teens. Oftentimes, dependents of the servicemen stationed in Japan would wander off base housing to get into the scene. It was a most eclectic group of young people rocking around the clock and sipping coffee, wine Kirin, Asahi and Coca Cola mixed with Suntory's version of Crown Royal.

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THE PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA: 1961, 1962, 1963...four floors with an elevator of live music..(日本語ロック論争,

Unless one really knew about the Peanuts Club, or heard the music playing all night and all day, one might walk by the somewhat austere fascade where the arrow pointed up. But really, one had only to be in the service or in their late teens to know about the Peanut or Peanuts Club. It attracted the likes of my type, a young guy in the service, Japanese teenagers in their late teens and dependents in their late teens who lived at the Yokohama Housing for U.S.Service and Government employees. It was the coolest musical pub and coffee bar or pub in Yokohama.

OCEAN IS THE WHISKY. NOW STEP ABOUT TWO DOORS TO YOUR RIGHT AND YOU MIGHT BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE WORLD FAMOUS "PEANUTS CLUB" OF YOKOHAMA, A CLUB THAT HAD AN ELEVATOR HAULING A ROCK AND ROLL BAND UP AND DOWN THREE FLOORS OF SMILING, ROCKING YOUNG AMERICANS AND YOUNG JAPANESE CELEBRATING THE SIXTIES. IF YOU READ JAPAN, CHECK IT OUT AND LET ME KNOW. THANKS.

When I first arrived in Japan in August of 1961, I purchased a 90cc motorcycle from a friend for $25 in order to be able to travel around the countryside of Kanagawa Prefecture. This is one of the many photos I shot. I shot slides and still have several hundred I have yet to have processed into color prints so that I can scan them. Check back with this photostream for future photos or check out my blog, BLOGABOUTJAPAN.

who remembers the PEANUTS CLUB in Yokohama in the early 60s?