ストレンジボーイ (2015)

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And I see the parabolic antennas of Fuchu.

[@sakatacanada]

As of 1994 the Fuchu parabolic antennas were still in use by US/JP alliance. That area was governed by JP self defense army and I was in charge of the rest of the Fuchu base area & Kanto Mura. Lots of weird, interesting factory and machinery, documents were still in Fuchu and ruins mania/photo lovers kept sneaking in. My job was to find them and to tell them to go away. I too loved to take pictures in Kanto Mura and Fuchu Base (you can see my pictures in this video), so I loved my privilege of being a guard there. I was a king of the old US abandoned base!

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I see old Kanto Mura housing.

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I lived on Kanto Mura and Fuchu from 1963 - 1966 when I was 10 - 13 years old.

[@sakatacanada]

Hi Brian, I (the guy who plays guitar in this song) worked in Kanto Mura as a guard of the national property from 1990 to 1994. I moved to Canada in 1994 and always missed the life in Kanto Mura. I met my old friends in Tokyo after 20 years and played this song, for old times' sake. Memories!

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@@sakatacanada FYI, the first base we lived on in 1963 was Washington Heights, which is now Yoyogi Park.

[@sakatacanada]

@@n9brb When it became the Internet age, I thought of writing about "my life as a guard in Kanto Mura" and did some research on it. I found Kanto Mura former residents reunion site and read interesting stories (kids sneaked out of the residency and visited a local sweet store & a dollar gave them a fortune to spend) and nice old pictures. I learned that Washington Heights residents were moved to Kanto Mura for the Tokyo Olympics. You were there!

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The Washington Hts buildings we move out of in 1963, became the housing for the athletes of the 1964 Olympics.

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@@sakatacanada yes, when I was on KM, I went under the fence to buy candy and menkos.