Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (4 Viewers)

[MiTasol]

What year was that - pre 1920's?

 

[Shinpachi]

A scene of moving in front of K-line building circa early-September, 1945.
The building seen on the right is Kanagawa Prefectural Office located near the allied GHQ in Yokohama.

Source: Ruins that MacArthur Saw - Gaetano Faillace Photo Collection (1983)

Kanagawa Prefectural Office seen from another angle in the postwar.

Source: History of Naka Ward of Yokohama City (1985)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Yokohama Port as the logistic center for the allied occupation troops in Tokyo.

Source: Ruins that MacArthur Saw - Gaetano Faillace Photo Collection (1983)


English guide book for the Japanese authorities.

Source: English Terms for Communication with the Occupation Troops (1948)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Yokohama Station in the postwar.
One or two special cars were provided for officers.

Source: Ruins that MacArthur Saw - Gaetano Faillace Photo Collection (1983)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

New English terms to be remembered by Japanese English speakers in the postwar.

Source: Basic Knowledge of Modern Terms (1948)

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

New English terms to be remembered by Japanese English speakers in the postwar.

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Source: Basic Knowledge of Modern Terms (1948)

Mata Hari?????

Why? I mean, she has no connection with WWII or Japan.

Surely she must be a famous person back then but seems odd with the rest of the terms.

Shinpachi what the explanation says?

 

[Shinpachi]

Mata Hari?????

Why? I mean, she has no connection with WWII or Japan.

Surely she must be a famous person back then but seems odd with the rest of the terms.

Shinpachi what the explanation says?

Mata Hari(名)
女スパイの意味。第一次世界大戦中、南アジアで活躍した有名なドイツの女スパイの名からできた言葉。

Mata Hari(noun)
Meaning "female spy." A word derived from the name of a famous German female spy who was active in South Asia during World War I.

Probably used like "Oh, she is Mata Hari. Take care."

 

[special ed]

Mata Hari(名)
女スパイの意味。第一次世界大戦中、南アジアで活躍した有名なドイツの女スパイの名からできた言葉。

Mata Hari(noun)
Meaning "female spy." A word derived from the name of a famous German female spy who was active in South Asia during World War I.

Probably used like "Oh, she is Mata Hari. Take care."

I notice back in post4742, a sign in the window "no sales to Japanese". What things were prohibited?

 

[Shinpachi]

I notice back in post4742, a sign in the window "no sales to Japanese". What things were prohibited?

Pepsi or drug or handgun? I'd like to know too.

 

[SaparotRob]

Ugh. Pepsi. Yuck.

 

[manta22]

Pepsi or drug or handgun? I'd like to know too.

It may have been a US "snack bar" that was open to Allied personnel only.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Neil for your kind advice
Another postwar scene in Fukuoka City, Kyushu, on October 27, 1945.

Source: Fukuoka Postwar Photo Collection (1983)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

A GI checks B-29 wreck in Ogoori City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on October 26, 1945.

Source: Fukuoka Postwar Photo Collection (1983)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Celebrities of Kurume City, Fukuoka, receive English conversation lecture by USMC at the public hall on October 26, 1945.

Papa-san, hubba-hubba!

Source: Fukuoka Postwar Photo Collection (1983)