On our last evening in Yakota, we were driven to Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. After having a great dinner, we went out to a club where a Japanese "Beatles -type" band was performing. The Ginza district is like NEON heaven. It had the wildest signs, many having 10 or 12 different screen changes before they looped back to the beginning. That was a show in itself, considering it was just 1992. We're just now getting that elaborate here in the states. Here's a time exposure shot that I took of the Ginza area.

 

Early the next morning, we were off to Misawa Air Force Base. It was originally an old WWII airfield where Kamikaze pilots were trained. Before that, it was where the Emperor used to keep his horses. For the rest of the tour, all of our air travel would be by military transport planes.

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