Yokohama’s New Grand Hotel - MacArthur’s First Japanese Home
By Romulo 'Mo' Ludan

Published Thursday, August 23, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Residents take a stroll in Yamashita Park within sight of M.S. Hikawa Maru, a historic luxury ocean liner.

Ms. Seiko Wada, Ms. Aiko Kobayashi, and Mr. Yasuhiro Nojiri pose for Armchair General in hotel lobby.

MacArthur Suite and General MacArthur on cover of November 2005 issue.

Second floor main lobby, reached by a stairway pasted with marble blocks shipped from Italy in 1927.  MacArthur and guests used these stairs to get to their rooms as well as function rooms.

Mr. Hiromitsu Nomura, grandson of Mr. Yozo Nomura, who personally greeted MacArthur in 1945, is managing director of Nara Real Estate Co., owners of Hotel New Grand. Hotel started subscription to Armchair General in May 2007.

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