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Here are some of the people and places of our Little America in the middle of Tokyo. Those years were some of the most intense of our lives. We knew the friendships would only last a few years, because we were all military brats, and we had to make the most out of them. Being in high school in Tokyo had special significance to us because, deep down, we knew we would disperse around the globe and wouldn't see those pals for 30 or 40 years, if ever again. Maybe that's why we were so crazy! It sure was fun! |
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"Nasty" on the set as an extra on a Japanese movie. | His business card as a drummer for the band, "The Continentals." For Japanese version click here. |
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played a mean lead guitar. |
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| Photo dude, Don Rant (seen here fleeing the country), Drew Houy (where is he?? doko desu-ka?) |
Mike McAllister, Don Rant (Cracked magazine), photo dude | Dairy product displayer & Rant in front of Wash Heights housing |
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| Danny Allen and Mike Meloon lounging
between the BX and the Teen Club |
Charlie Bailey (l) & ????
by the Teen Club |
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| Noell Kubota (r) and his
luscious young girlfriend |
Your poker money went .. here! |
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| Terry Tagami | On the set of a Toyo Motion Pictures location
shoot, the overpaid extras lounge about, waiting for their closeups, Mr. DeMille. |
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| Comb in pocket, Gene Vincent hairstyle, shades & a politically incorrect rebel flag .. hallmarks of an unrepentant wanna-be hood and J.D. | Top of the Rock .. where nefarious activities
were planned .. or conducted .. TC is at immediate left; keep going left to O'Club |
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| The corner outside the Teen
Club to sneak a smoke/grope |
Eddie Nakamoto .. at a boozey beach party |
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| (Bob Dale or) Wayne Pugh (?) & Joe Shugart at the same beach party .. beers, beers! | Tom Elliott surveys litter
of empty beer bottles ... |
.. and neatly creates his initials for the ages (it's still there, Tom!) |
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(Ed. note: We have been informed by those in this pic that we have the photos reversed; they were building this! .. yeah, right!) |
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| A ¥30 pedicab near the beach ..
¥15 if you helped pedal |
Club ACB .. kinda fuzzy, but you get the idea. A favorite rockin' hangout. Others were: The Queen Bee, The "Bo" (Bohemian) and Mano's. |
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| Wash Heights Open House, July 4th Japanese
students (see uniforms) swarmed in |
Yoyogi Elementary School (then) |
Yoyogi Elementary (today) And, then ... the Americans began to leave .. it started as a trickle .. and turned into a torrent. Our government had agreed to turn back more and more American bases and housing to the Japanese government. There was a huge event coming to Tokyo that would require every bit of space they could obtain to build new stadiums and new housing for:  The rest of Wash Heights became a huge park. More about that later. It was a bittersweet memory to walk through that park, and try to remember where the Teen Club was, where you lived, where the pool and the BX were. Two years ago, the Canadian circus, Cirque du Soleil, was in residence at the park. Kids were running everywhere as I sat on a wall, looking out over the park .. dredging up old memories .. and wishing I hadn't quit smoking .. because I really wanted a cigarette then .. to remember walking out of the Teen Club with my friends to have one. |
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