White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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iz:-anna Ancient apitals and . . . K oto Three hundred miles south of Yolcosuka, the sharp, green, wooded hills of south-central Honshu, is the old lmperial japanese capi ly city, much more than Tokyo or any other city, contains the essence of the political, social, and esoteric structure of old japan. Because of the enormous amount of anthropological material to he found in the area, Kyoto abounds in museums - hoth large, nationally sponsored institutions, and small, privately owned huildings designed with the flair for the tal of lkyoto. This unusual. l' or elex en liutttlretl years, from the heggitining of the Pf'I'1otl in ,llll ,X.lJ. till the Xleiuii restoration in the l800lsClan u is tht hoint ot tht liintt o i hthe Shinto. I. l '31, 4. ' -.hhl. . ,Iss .'.-v...,A L ' 4.,'ut..v.w..:.-'.y3,,,,- in 1 , i-r r and his eourt.fllthou,C1 lfmperor had heeoiiie gilmost a figure head chief of grate un the oppressivelx itiilitziri role of tht- Slmtf',ms mmtar, several liuttdred years. his Suppose llltt ttois til lip tit tty descetitletiee from the Suit C intl gave him a position of oxerwltelmiiig iinportxiitee in the native lapanecg fgliyqion lFX'XfUNf'i1S The H'nIer ot llutltlltist and Shinto religious 3fllYllll'5 lor gl :ipan tor more than a millenigim. and rerriairisom ot p tr iinount itttportwitet- ttttlgtt. . 1 il Wen 5. 'f ' X

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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

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r i , , , and Industrial Center in the Sguth 31'3. preceding Kyoto, and the Heian empor rs as a japanese capital was the Small hillside village of Nara. The pru ts and poetry that characterized the gentry and imperial cour of Nara Era Japan are preserved in a Japanese national museum, r.ot far from the old palace Site. The palace grounds themselves, along with the surrounding temples, have been turned- into a park where Japanese tourists, pockets overstuffed with film canisters, feed deer, whose bellies are equally overstuffed with wafers. 1 -N -- K ...f- W g I T T T 'N .X , ttti, brad' W wys s st it '-.N fr A it 'N I ,s Traveling south on the Shinkansen, the New Tokaidon line, you retrace the route followed by feudal lords who J0l1fnCyed from Kyoto to Edo, site of PFCSCHI day Tokyo, to pay homage to the Shoguns. Cities that took them days to reach fly by as quickly as signposts: T0kY0, Yokohama, Sagami, and Kyoto. The gleaming brightness of the Pacific Ocean and the immense, snowcapped beauty of Mt. Fugi compete for your attention on a clear day. at, and saka Osaka, more than any other Japanese city, is a village of merchants. This is a fact that the Japanese are acutely aware of. A person who seems to be grasping for a profit at the expense of his friends, family, or code of ethics is said to have been raised in Osaka . It was in old Osaka that the Japanese merchant guilds started. ln this town, also, the cost of living is the highest in the world. Even the traditional Japanese greeting of Hkonnichiwan or good-day is replaced by one far more indicative of Osaka's mood - Hmokari makka - are you making money? Although Osaka has never been a political capital of Japan, it has frequently served as the commercial headquarters of the Japanese economy. Almost all major companies have an office in one of the many trade center buildings, and many are headquartered there. lfllll ,af X , . 113