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This bird's eye view of Fukuoka was provided by Roger Rowen. In the upper left hand corner you can barely make out the peninsula that led to Gannosu, Camp Hakata, Saitozaki, and on toward the island of Shikanoshima. The large lake in the forground is part of Ohori Park. |
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Fukuoka was the big city for the guys stationed at Hakata. There was only two routes to Fukuoka from base or Saitozaki. One drove, took the bus, or rode the train along the peninsula road, where you turned right at this store pictured at right. Or, you took the ferry from Saitozaki across Hakata Bay. And in the early days of the base Fukuoka was all that was available to the GIs, since both Saitozaki and Gannosu were "Off Limits." |
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The Nikkatsu, pictured right, was a central location in Fukuoka, and was known to us as the Nikkatsu Area. In the area were various bars, movie theaters and restaurants. A bus stop was near by, as well as a taxi stand, and the train station wasn't far away. Several theaters played American and foreign movies, as well as there being several that showed Japanese movies. |
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