Toledo (CA 133) - Naval Cruise Book

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Admnral Hartman inspects whale the shlp ns at Paedmont Pler Seaweed gatherers alongside Route II to Tokyo ,Vef ' '?aN2w'12'J-Qrfwiaia n sk H 'ATN The Dan Butsu KGreaf Buddhaj at Kamakura In Japan It s manpower rather than horsepower tiny children on HMamasan's,, hack. Then the most startling point of all-the Japanese did not have slant eyes. Oh well, it was live and learn and we did both. uBlack Market Alley, behind the EM Club, was investigated early in the cam- paign and the steady flow of pyjamas, ki- mono, china, lacquer and ivory began to load the ship, heading for family and friends back home. With this the problem of uyenn came up. With the rate of exchange three-sixty yen to one dollar and the one hundred yen note the largest printed, there just wasn't room i'n an already crowded suit of blues for much. A few crew members never strayed far from the bordering hills of Yokosuka, but the Wanderlust of the uwhite hat caught hold of many and the neighboring towns were investigated. Close to the main gate was the RTO where electric trains could be boarded for Taura, Zushi, Kamakura, Kita- kamakura, Ofuna, Totsuka, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Shinagawa, Shimbashi and Tokyo. The way this lineup was called by the station master over the public address system is something none of us will forget. With liberty expiring at 2400 or earlier de pending on rate and sometimes on what di v1s1on you were in, Yokohama, forty mm utes away, was the last regular liberty town and became a habit with many as d1d all of the smaller towns along the way The trams earned the respect of all If the schedule said 2247, anyone who wasn t there right at that time earned the right to have a private chat with the Captain the next day There were special Occupation coaches and for this we were happy because even a t1lCd and true veteran of the New York subway had to admit they had never seen anything like the crowds on thi third class coaches at rush hours The ride presented many lnterestlng ex amples of the Japanese panorama Clear to the end of the lme the C1t1CS piaetlcalls merged, but many 1106 paddles lying dor

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view of a umodernn city we saw in Japan. ln all directions were large office buildings which the pin-point accuracy of the B-29 had carefully avoided. Many of these had been refitted as hotels for the Uccupation personnel. A few blocks up on Avenue Aj, was the Dai Ichi building in which General MacArthur had his offices. Across from this the Imperial palace grounds were sur- rounded by two moats. This was a point of interest for every Tokyo sightseer probably with the hope of catching a fleeting glimpse of some member of the Imperial family. Heading in the other direction from the NRTOW we came to one of the famous streets of the world, the uGinza. Along this were located the large stores, both Japanese and foreign owned, but the fame of the avenue is due to the solid bank of small stalls which line both si'des as far as the eye can see. Each sells its own particular wares and is defi- nitely out of the rent district while in the high rent district, so to speak. Some of the dope passed over the rail from the MANCHESTER must have con- cerned the institution of the usukiyakin party because back in Yokosuka these began to flourish. By making proper arrangements with the Provost Marshal such a party could be held at one of several local restaurants. Once arranged the party was something to remember. The food itself, a glorified and very delicious beef stew of sorts, makes a fine dinner, but the Japanese beer and saki which go hand in hand with it, plus, of course, the Geisha to serve it, added the fin- ishing touches. The only possible difficulty was the manipulation of the chop sticks, the finer points of which escaped many as did much of the food enroute to the mouth.