02837nam 2200541 450 991046407740332120200520144314.09971-69-804-8(CKB)2670000000557817(SSID)ssj0001281894(PQKBManifestationID)11695610(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001281894(PQKBWorkID)11354407(PQKB)10524550(OCoLC)880354709(MdBmJHUP)muse32785(MiAaPQ)EBC5718230(Au-PeEL)EBL5718230(OCoLC)1089019103(EXLCZ)99267000000055781720190314d2014 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThose days in Muramatsu one woman's memoir of occupied Japan /Yumi GotoSingapore :Ridge Books,[2014]©20141 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 158 pages) :)color illustrations, mapOriginally published: Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007.9971-69-793-9 Bearing witness to the encounters of American soldiers and Japanese civilians in the aftermath of a savage war, the memoir of Mrs Yumi Goto is poignant testimony to the capacity of ordinary people for mutual curiosity, learning and generosity. In the summer of 1945, a contingent of 1,800 American soldiers was posted as a garrison force in the country town of Muramatsu, where they lived alongside a community feeling 'depressed and fearful' at the prospect of foreign occupation. Mrs Goto, an English-speaking graduate of one of Japan's top universities for women, had relocated to Muramatsu with her family after their house in Tokyo was destroyed in a bombing raid. She became an interpreter while the Americans were in Muramatsu, and recorded light-hearted but perceptive observations of the Japanese-American encounter. Written in English for an American audience who 'would like to read how their young men behaved in Japan', and revealing 'the thoughts and sentiments of a 26-year old girl in war-devastated Japan', her memoir is a charming and uplifting account of a woman's journey, and how ordinary people from very different backgrounds found common ground in difficult circumstances.WomenJapanDiariesJapanHistoryAllied occupation, 1945-1952Personal narrativesMuramatsu-machi (Japan)Social conditionsElectronic books.Women301.4120952Goto Yumi1037892Project MuseMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464077403321Those days in Muramatsu2459128UNINA