Delta (AR 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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Km, if The Monday Wash, kids from school, and the department stores are universal signs of life. 4

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I DEPART RE 1+'HoM SASEBQ After spending 38 days in Sasebo, we left this port at 0815 Saturday morning, 20 May. The weather was overcast, except it wa,sn't raining like it was when we arrived back on 15 April. Sasebo was a shopper's paradise. Who can forget the arcade market, with its many stores and shops. The 'colorful displays caught our eyes and our pocketbooks. It seems that there was always a DELTA man at the CP Building, the Yen Sales Gutlet, or the Main Ex- change. ' Here there were no jeepnies but Japanese taxi cabs were plentiful. It seems that the taxis with green stickers on their -Windshields were patronized the most. Yet despite all the shop- ping, our workload was still heavy. And the shops hummed continuously. Trips to Nagasaki and the surrounding areas made us aware of the thriving life in Japan. Pearls and electronic gear, those were our most common items purchased. Tailors, jewelry shops, the tea houses, and restaurants were frequented just as much as Paradaise Stree, with its many stand-bars. The hotsy baths kept us warm from the rainy days in Sasebo. 'Gohan and fish were our diet when we weren't eating aboard ship. Kimonos and mountain ranges were quite picturesque. And now we were underway for Kaohsiung, our fourth port of call.