Us kids from Yokohama would catch the bus to Yokosuka to go roller skating on the base. On the second floor of a big white (everything painted white in the Navy) building there was a massive skate place, complete with roller skate rentals for $.25. Great fun, but I never could master skating backwards...
LOL! I went to that place many, many times! During the Special Services summer programs for kids, I always made sure to sign up for roller skating!
Boy, trip down memory lane there!
I remember that place well. When our destroyer was in port several of us would go over there after a few Kirins or Asahis and pound each other into the walls. This was back in ‘69 when you could buy a brand new Honda 750 for just under a grand.