A hodgepodge of interesting retro photos from Asian countries (20 photos)

We invite everyone to take a virtual tour across the vast expanses of Asia and glimpse into the daily lives of its inhabitants. The key feature of this collection is that all the historical photographs are colorized, blurring the traditional line between the distant past and the present day.

Indonesian farmers heading to market, 1965.





An American warship moored in Hong Kong harbor. Hong Kong, China, 1966.



Demonstrators carry a mock-up of an atomic bomb mushroom cloud through the streets of Tokyo, Japan, on May 1, 1957, to protest the planned British atomic bomb test on Christmas Island.





A girl holds a bowl of rice. The rice harvest has been completed in Vinh Linh Community. Vietnam, 1969.



Cages with songbirds. Shanghai, 1949.



Residents of Bali, Indonesia, 1965.



Prayer on the Ganges River, 1952.



Two geisha, professional Japanese performers, practice their art; one plays the samisen, a traditional Japanese string instrument, 1950.



Japanese girls prepare for a fishing trip near Onjuku in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 1959.



After bathing in the Ganges, Hindus dry their dhotis in the sun. India, 1956.



Writing on the wall of a pigsty: "Long live the great ideas of Mao Zedong!" China, 1966.



Shaoshan, Mao Zedong's hometown. China, 1965.



Peasant women of the Yen Duyen agricultural cooperative. Vietnam, 1971.



A boy riding a water buffalo. Laos, 1966.



Fishermen in Tokyo. Japan, 1968.



Singaporean workers transport boxes on bicycles, 1969.



Cyclists in the morning on a street in Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1988.



Kyoto, 1958.



Bangkok, capital of the Kingdom of Thailand, 1970.



A young candy seller on the embankment. The Kingdom of Cambodia, 1964.