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To: Eric in the Ozarks

When we first went to Japan we lived in Yokohama, but within a short period of time we moved to Tokyo. To a base that later was torn down and became the Olympic village for the 1964 Summer Olympics. The elementary school I went to was Yoyogi Elementary, which I thought was cool as a kid because it remind me of Yogi Bear. 8>)


19 posted on 04/20/2018 9:20:02 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
We lived in Sagamihara and Yokohama, 1951-1961.
The elementary school I attended was “Nasugbu Beach” part of the Yo-Hi building complex near the PX on Avenue D (Honmoku-dori.)
Nasugbu Beach was a name from the Philippines—an Army campaign I believe.

I still have contacts from that era. One fellow is a Nisei who worked for the Washington Post for a time. Another is the son of our neighborhood policeman. I found him through the local Buddhist society in Yokohama.

I'd like to revisit, but everything I remember is gone. The Area 1 and 2 and Negeshi Heights housing, the Bill Chickering Theater, etc.

20 posted on 04/20/2018 9:29:12 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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