Antietam (CV 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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TROLLEY SWITCH TOWER is used to watch street-car traffic, throw switches when necessary. DIET BUILDING is scene of Japanese lawmaking. Water in foreground is part of moat which surrounds Imperial Palace. . ,W fig' t' . Ii f . I BRIDGE BUILDING CONNECTS outer Palace grounds nh I W1 1nper1al Palace wh1ch IS open to pubhc twnce a year 5 n ,-...ala-sg- ..,- 1 .av M. . . . ., ,., W r,,W,,.,a.M.m,,V, ' v - f '- ef --I ,M I w.u,.,,rf,..,f:-'1w.N, .N . N--.,,, - ,

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FAMILIAR SIGHT to Antietam men is bronze statue of Amida-Buddha in Kamakura. Statue, second largest in Japan, is 700 years old, weighs 210,000 pounds, is 48 feet high. 5 3 E E l i IA-PANESE ARE KNOWN throughout the world for beautiful landscapes and gardens. Gardens at Gamagori Rest Hotel Cbelowj were most popular subject of Antietam shutterbugs. CAMERA ENTHUSIASTS found a wealth of mate- rial in Japan. Statue Cabovej , a Shinto Shrine at Gama- gori, dwarfs 6-foot man fbelowj. Man pictured at left designed and sculptured statue. 95 it I 'fs fn!4. 30.27 w l l 5 , Q.: Y 5 1 i i 1' I, YQ 1 ,Q is Q vi r 2 V? , . 2,5 g f A ip -I' F ,- ., E 5, Sl! ' in-I 1 , i 1 Z5 i l e K s 32 4 5 fs' .gf 1

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TYPICAL GARDEN SCENE NEAR NAGOYA IS REMINISCENT OF OLD IAPAN. THREE SISTERS OF PEACE IS STATUE NEAR IIVIPERIAL PALACE