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.
An interesting idea for an article and a very well-written article. It was interesting to read the letter from the officer explaining the actual circumstances of General MacArthur’s greeting of General Wainwright.
I remember the New Grand Hotel, I lived and worked there from Nov 1947 to June 1950. The hotel was a part of the Eight Army Officers Club in those days. I was bar manager for the club part. Major Knowles was the Club Custodian. He was later replaced with Maj Rabb, as I recall. I knew Young Nomura quite well.
I am not versed on if this is a “blog” or not but what an interesting study in history. I particularly liked the comparison in photos from 1945 and today. Great job.
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An interesting idea for an article and a very well-written article. It was interesting to read the letter from the officer explaining the actual circumstances of General MacArthur’s greeting of General Wainwright.
I remember the New Grand Hotel, I lived and worked there from Nov 1947 to June 1950. The hotel was a part of the Eight Army Officers Club in those days. I was bar manager for the club part. Major Knowles was the Club Custodian. He was later replaced with Maj Rabb, as I recall. I knew Young Nomura quite well.
I am not versed on if this is a “blog” or not but what an interesting study in history. I particularly liked the comparison in photos from 1945 and today. Great job.