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Francis Turner's avatar

Have you thought of launching a GoFundme or similar to raise money?

Kjeld Duits's avatar

Thank you for mentioning this, Francis.

I have looked at it in the past, but am not sure if it works well with what I am currently doing. It is also much extra work at a time when I am already quite strained.

If you have specific thoughts about why it would be better, I would love to hear from you in a Substack chat.

Francis Turner's avatar

I don't have any special thoughts. It may not be appropriate, but I have seen others use it so I figured I should bring it to your attention.

Similarly, I've also seen a lot of substackers put a kofi link in their posts as a way to raise one off contributions, but again I have no clue about how hard this is to set up

Glennis's avatar

Wonderful! Is this the Yokohama location that went on to become what we knew as “The Grandstand “ when I was a kid living there? Yamatecho was our neighborhood in Negishi.

Kjeld Duits's avatar

This was long before the racetrack at Negishi was even imagined. The location on this engraving is now China Town!

Kristin Newton's avatar

I’m so glad you could obtain this treasure! I’m very sorry I can’t contribute but I sincerely hope some generous sponsors will help you add to your collection.

Kjeld Duits's avatar

Thank you for your kind words, Kristin. You are already helping a lot, so please do not feel obligated to do even more.

I am very grateful for your help and that from other supporters, and also for being able to bring this historical engraving into the collection, especially during such a challenging time.