Map of American occupied Tokyo, 1948 GHQ東京占領地図

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GHQ 地図 (map) in Occupied Japan オキュパイドジャパン. Notice the street names…Avenue Q…15th street.

American Occupied Tokyo map – Imperial Palace

Map of American Occupied Tokyo.

Source: I think this guy…but I downloaded it a while ago, so can’t be sure.

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There’s also this map from the National Library of Australia: “City map, central Tokyo / prepared under the direction of the Engineer, GHQ, FEC ; by the 64th Engineer Base Topographic Battalion” (1948). The full map (below, right) is at a decent resolution. For greater detail, see the library’s website. Three examples are below, left. Interestingly, the GHQ Laundry is the current location of Tsukiji’s vegetable and fruit market.

Also, in one of the map details we see the “7th Cavalry Rifle Range”; this is the Okubo rifle shooting range 大久保小銃射撃場, the remains of which can be seen in the film, “Killers on Parade” 夕陽に赤い俺の顔 (1961).

Map of central Tokyo during the Occupation, from 1948. Detail: Tsukiji Market (then GHQ laundry)

Map of central Tokyo during the Occupation, from 1948.

See also:

• Made in Occupied Japan: Eikeisha clock (1947-1952)
• Observations of life during the Occupation: “You in Tokyo” – THE NEW YORKER, 1946
• American military observations in the early days of the Occupation: Bombing Nagasaki: the scrapbook
• Crimes of the Occupation: The Kokura incident, “committing excesses”, and murder on the 4th of July 「黒地の絵」
• Photo of post-war Tokyo showing a Westernized street-sign: “A Avenue”

See also:

A more formal version of the “A Avenue” sign, circa 1955. Crosses with “10th street”. West of Shimbashi station. pic.twitter.com/XJCJxBJIaO

— the tokyo files (@thetokyofiles) November 16, 2017

エー 街
A Ave.

English and phonetic Japanese street sign, a remnant of the Occupation / possibly a reproduction. From 1955’s “House of Bamboo”) pic.twitter.com/yOo70xFLVO

— the tokyo files (@thetokyofiles) November 16, 2017