White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Town One of Tokyo's Bedroom Suburbs If Paris is the city of light, then Tokyo is the city of neon. From Shinjuku and the blaring discos sprinkled among the giant theater marquees, to the cozy atmosphere in the romantic bistros of Roppongi, and extending to the giant shopping arcade ofthe Ginza, the flashing, swirling, multihued illuminators of plastic, electricity and neon gas overwhelm all other competing influences. Forming the hub of Japan's transportation network, Tokyo Station boasts no fewer than 20 rail lines which spread out from its passenger terminal. Bullet Trains linking Tokyo with both northern and southern Japan at speed of over 100 m.p.h., leave the station at five minute intervals. Other lines serve the bedroom communities of Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. il P I . 'iff . . Ki xx.

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Honcho Street - - 'The Alley i A harbor city, Yolcosuka has a large bar district catering to both merchant and naval seamen. This area has become famous in Japanese popular literature and music, for its intrigue, color, and action. First-run Western movies, both American and European, f are shown in the theaters along with japanese films. Large g -4 , 1, -. modern bowling alleys and hobby shops provide excellent i if timekillers for indoor A , electronic games of all sorts 5 N 1 . light shows. Af A 17 - .L+ As . -.. Q--f --+ Discotheques offer music, companionship, drink, and pleasurable exercise for night types. Culture-seekers can revel in the city museum, or in any of the temples and shrines that sit unobtrusively side-by-side with department stores or on the tops of Yokosuka's many hills. Plainsmen found that, as a home, Yolcosuka wasn't such a bad place. sportsmen. Rooms filled with , MJ., flash and flare present eyes with l I t , 'P Y 4

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'.' , ff, , . . . and the Peopl Vibrant, alive, friendly Look into the faces. That's where the character lies. Butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, barbers, kerosene delivery men, bar hostesses, garbagemen, businessmen, football players, men from the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, storeowners, painters, Yakitori sellers, waitresses, policemen, bus drivers, and train station car stuffers known as pushers are all part of the Yokosukafrllokyo scene. No two of these people have the same personality. The Marines who landed in Yokosuka after the cessation of hostilities came ashore ready for trouble from the native fanatics Instead, they found cooperation, beyond what they had any reasonable right to expect. Those who worked with the occupation came away with a new opinion of japan, as has every American who has served here since. Living in Yokosuka has taught the men of ll'HlTE PLAINS that Japanese, like their counterparts in America, are a people of a myriad of personalities. - 'fzfxk :WM ',?i4lk'HLr:2i'V -if Q Q1r5'ffi'fi 'Wi T :CE 'TT :Qs 'n..-,,4,. Hx 'fi 111