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Pedestrians are out shopping on the main drag after the big snowstorm had passed in early January 1967.
Just visible on a utility pole beyond the vehicles on the right, a sign advertises a movie playing at the 第ニ中央 - Dai Ni Chuo, 2nd Center, which most Americans on base called the "Second Show," and was the theater where I saw at least one of Clint Eastwood's "Spaghetti Westerns" while enjoying a "combat jug."
At some point, covered sidewalks were built on both sides of Misawa's main drag, and it became known to the Americans from base as "White Pole Road."
Now much of "Main St." near Chuo-Cho has been widened and given sidewalks. Many if not most of the buildings seen here have been torn down, and the white poles too are gone from this part of town, although it appears some remain further down near the train station. The old Heiwa pachinko parlor at the corner of Main and 1st St., to my immediate left in this photo and kitty corner from the old Snack Bar, has been torn down and replaced with a four-story "Bld. Aim" housing the La La La Karaoke.
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Any mistakes in the Japanese translations are my own.
MISAWA, Japan (August 20, 2015) An EA-18G Growler attached to the "Scorpions" of Electronic Attack Squadron 132 (VAQ-132) takes off from Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Samuel Weldin/Released)
The banner over Number 1 street reads "The tenth day of every month is traffic safety day."
Coming attractions at the Yurakuza theater include a double feature with "おしゃれ泥棒" (oshare dorobō - the fashionable thief), or How to Steal a Million starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, and 月世界宙がえり (gessekai chū ga eri - moon world sky), or Way...Way Out with Jerry Lewis and Connie Stevens
Taken in early January 1967 after a big snowstorm had passed.
Yurakuza (有楽座) means something like "the seat of pleasure" and is also the name of a famous cinema in Tokyo. At the time, there were three movie theaters in Misawa-shi, and two more on base - The Richard Bong on main base, and the Electron, up on the hill. The Yurakuza showed mostly American and western movies, as did the Dai Ni Chuo or "Second Show" in G.I. parlance, while a third cinema on the main drag showed exclusively Japanese fare.
This street crossed the main drag, pictured in the previous image, and connected with the main gate at Misawa Air Base leading onto and continuing through the base. It terminated in town at a T-intersection just visible here in the hazy distance near the Misawa Civic Center.
Note Misawa's distinctive street lights and the street sign 一番 街 - Number One Street.
Any mistakes in translation are my own.
Slide originally taken on Fuji color slide film with Pentax Spotmatic and Super Takumar M 1.8/50 mm lens.