Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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.3 Sv. 1 I THE FINGER PIER AT di YOKOSUKA HAS BEEN THE MOOR ING .MOST IRI QLI N7I Y OCCLPIED BY SAINT PAUL DURING HER THREE YEAR STAY IN THE FAR EAST ALONG THI NORTHIASTERN SIDE OF THE FING ER PIER IS USS HASSA YAMPPA QAO-I-455, THE PRLVIOUS COMMAND OI CAPTAIN A. T. CHURCH. AT CHRISTIVAS TIIVIE IN YOKOSUKA WE HAD A BIG PARTY FOR ORPHANS HE AREA. CHAP- LAIN RIESS HOLDS A LIT- VISITOR WHILE FROM T TLE GIRL OUR JAPANESE SANTA CLAUS, ANDY ANDER- Sox, BM2, HANDS our THE PRESENTS. SXSW it wish!-efilz f '-lpn

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North of Yokosuka lies the port city of Yokohama and the sprawling giant, Tokyo. Yokohama is a favorite liberty spot for many SAINT PA UL sailors. An international atmosphere makes Yokohama a unique city in Japan. Tokyo provides a wealth of interesting places, people and events matched only by the other great cities such as London or New York. If Tokyo has a center, it is the quiet, dignmed Imperial Palace and grounds which repose, undisturbed by the city's bustle, behind a gray stone HIOCII. To the east of the Palace lies the Ginza district with literally thousands of night spots and home of the ubiquitous coffee houses of modern Japan. Most of the city's department stores and the center of Tokyo's fnancial operations, Marunouchi street, are located in the same area. To the north of the Palace is Ueno Park which houses a wide range ofpublic buildings and displays. Within the grounds of the park a visitor can call at the zoo, see examples of Japan's prehistoric sculpture or hear a symphony COIICEFI. A number of Tokyo's many universities and colleges are found to the west of the Palace. This part of Tokyo stretches on for miles across the broad expanse of the Kanto plain. South of Imperial grounds Tokyo is stopped short by the great industrial suburb of Kawasaki. Closer to Yokosuka, a mere fifteen minutes by train, is Kamakura, one of Japan's most enchanting cities. The famous bronze Buddha is only one of the many beautU'ul features of this residential city. Kamakura is on the eastern rim of the smooth curving shore line of Sagami Bay, stretching from the Miura peninsula to the larger Izu peninsula. Along the shore line lie the island park of Enoshima, the beach town of Oiso, the castle town of Odawara and the twin hot springs resorts, Atami and Ito. If the seagoing man has seen enough of the earth's tidal regions for a while, he can take an hour ride from Odawara and be lost in the hills and woods of Hakone National Park. In Hakone there is a jine Special Services hotel. The view of Fujiyama from the smaller hills forming part of the minor volcanic upheaval that is Hakone National Park is one never to be forgotten. The men oj SAINT PAUL have enjoyed their tours in Japan. While homeported in Yokosuka we have had a fne opportunity to see diverse and interesting facets of Japan and its people. If we were not E returning to our own nation after a long absence, it would be even V harder to say Sayonara .

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Na,:. If his 4: x .1 X , . , ,tr K .. 4. 6 But every day is Christrrzas at a Japanese toy store Springtime Carnes but ance a year to T0ky0's Ueno Park .. ':?P1f7 A L? FP '4 Ana' every night is iNew Year's Eve in Y0k0suka's Alley . . .