Cavalier (APA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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oturu 1 , l l 4 1 w f CY was closely knit by a complex system of inter-urban trains and trolleys. streets were busy with heavy traffic, which to side as the cabby spurted pedestrians. after meeting them at the set of wooden chopsticks to drove on the left hand side. riding in a cab you were likely to be thrown from side dow. 'the streets coming to screaching halts and starts, riding his horn as he dodges on christmas day we entertained a group of iapanese school children from yokosuka. fleet landing with an m boat and bringing them aboard, each child-was given a use instead of our awkward silverware. with their trays filled they sat down at the american-style tables and benches-something quite different from their customary short-legged tables around which they sat on pillows. the ' ster-parents proceeded to slice up the ham on their trays into Hchopstick-sized pieces. keeping a parental eye on the family we were kept busy filling cups and keeping our guests out of mischief. with dinner over the gifh.-were passed out rand many smiles and looks of wide-eyed happiness registered across their small faces. time flew and it was soon the hour of departure, and the lively bunch was bundled into warm clothing ready to leave- but not before a small chubby girl had given her thank you speech. 78 .f-ff git'

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20 december l953 04 to 08 0745 moored to oy c-5, yokosuka ko, yOk0SUkU, honshu, iapan. during the holidays to follow, many Wl10 had the bug to travel, iourrteyed to tokyo to visit the fourth largest city in the world. in the sprawling area that com- prises tokyo, lay the imperi- face with its high stone wall and wide moat with its stagnet, green water, the diet building, housing the governmental assembly of tt, iapan, the dai ichi building, which was once the headquar- ters of general mac- ,Q arthur, the imperial Q - n A hotel and hibiya park, am only to mention a few. . .,J was a mixture of old style open air shops and mJodern buildings that house mitsubishi and mitskoshi- 'wig name companies in iapanese industry. also in sharp contrast were the kabuki theatres where the ancient class- ical kabuki dramas were performed and the new tv studio with its rca equipment. tokyo, in spite of its wide area,

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