As a defeated country in World War II, Japan was treated much better than Germany, and now the Nazi symbol is forbidden in Germany, but Japan has paid many visits to the Yasukuni Shrine in spite of international protests.
However, without talking about these things today, Japan naturally underwent many differences after the end of World War II, and everyone knows that the United States has a far-reaching influence on Japan's development. First of all, because of its support for Japan to launch wars against various countries, the war requires troops, weapons, grain, etc., which is also detrimental to the development of the Japanese mainland, resulting in many Japanese people being unable to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Second, after the end of World War II, MacArthur led American soldiers to Japan, and he deeply understood Japan's serious food problem, so he "lied about military information" to get food from the United States, and then distributed it to the Japanese, and the United States also provided flour aid to Japan.
Therefore, even if the American soldiers were very happy in Japan, and even insulted women, the woman's husband would only turn his head and leave, and when MacArthur left, the Japanese still begged him on the street not to leave.
Finally, by the 1950s, Japan's economy began to recover, so let's take a look at what Japan looks like under the lens of American soldiers.
As we all know, at the end of World War II, Tokyo, Japan, was bombed by the US military, but after the war, Tokyo's urban appearance quickly recovered, and it became the world's commercial finance, popular culture and fashion center.
Japan's public bathhouses have a long history, and later under the influence of the Western "shallow bathtub and shower", some of the materials of Japanese bathhouses have undergone great changes.
[In front of the US Embassy in Japan, Kazuko girl who has just received the formalities for going to the United States] After Falling in love with a US military officer in Japan, She is preparing to go to Gallifoni in the United States for a wedding.
Nagoya is one of japan's six major cities before World War II, which was also bombed during World War II and quickly recovered after the war.
Okinawa, known as the "Hawaii of Japan", is the hometown of karate, and in June 1945, the famous Battle of Okinawa occurred in the local area, which impressed the U.S. military, and the war killed nearly 100,000 Okinawan civilians, most of whom were slaughtered by the Japanese army or forced to commit suicide.
【Tochigi Prefecture Street, Shoe Shine Girl】 Tochigi Prefecture belongs to the Kanto region of Japan, and is the largest prefecture in the Kanto region, and in the photo, the girl who shines shoes is still reading a book in her spare time.
Sasebo Street View: Sasebo is known as The city of Japan's shipbuilding and defense industries, which housed a naval base for U.S. troops in Japan after World War II.
[Dance hall near the US military base] Compared with the Shezi girl who got the formalities for going to the United States, the look of the dance hall dancers was not so happy.
In 1950, Atami became an "international tourist and cultural city", the first geisha were actually men, and later transformed into a professional class of women, which began as a pure talent show, not to please men, but over time, many things mutated.