Matchboxes 3

TOKYO BAR MATCHBOXES 3

Sho Shi ku - "Pine & Bamboo" Bar A la Nude Tea Salon "Super rundown maiden" (?) "Not necessarily cover charge."

Ku-ra-ru - Claire Grand Bar Shibuya, Maruyama-cho Aribeto Saro #1 - "Students' Job Salon #1" Jun-joo - "Innocent Ones" (Well, just guess what this was!)

New Tokyo Bar Tom's American-style restaurant

La Vie Yo shu - "Western drinks & coffee" Vie-Lai-Shian Zen kan jun kisa ten - "Soft drinks, desserts throughout the floors, pure tea salon, no bar"

Paulista Coffee Shop - jazz & Latin music Vion - "Lantern" Club

The Beni Restuarant - was this where Benihana got its name? Sicilia Italian restaurant - but, in Tokyo, Nicola was the king of Italian food at the time

Speedy Futon Store Specialty store in Koganai Hakucho - "Swan" Bar in Shibuya Stand bar, basement grand bar, counter only, Shibuya dai-ichi ginko, "back of bank, chain of bars"

Kyo-do No. 3769 - Drive Club #3769 Kotsu - traffic Osome (woman's name) Bar

Shibuya-kaikan - multi-floor party joint! Okujo - penthouse - beer garden 5 - go-kai - mahjong club 4 - yon-kai - billiards, pool - 6 tables 3 - san-kai -Chinese cuisine, 50 Yen per person(!) 2 - ni-kai - Tori's bar 1 - ichi-kai - Jun Kisate Tea Salon Basement - chi-kai - Tourist Bar Guest House Chinese Restaurant in Azabu, Minato-ku

Ryokuen - "Green Garden" Traditional inn - like a B&B Men's wear store The place that everyone really remembers is Lee's Chinese Tailors, which had a shop in the BX, as well as their main shop in Shibuya. Many boys got their first suits tailor-made at Lee's.

Hitashi Appliance Store "Enter the lottery" (in green box) Refrigerator - 58,000 Yen One of the most unusual match boxes, and never seen anywhere after Japan. The striker is inside the box, which is glued shut, and you pull hard on the match, which lights as it's coming out. However .. sometimes the match would light too fast and catch all the others inside on fire, burning your fingers. No big mystery why this matchbox style never caught on.

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Thanks for the translations from Brian Killen, NHS '61, who is taking Japanese lessons again.
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Contents


Sho Shi ku - "Pine & Bamboo" Bar	A la Nude Tea Salon "Super rundown maiden" (?) "Not necessarily cover charge."


Ku-ra-ru - Claire Grand Bar Shibuya, Maruyama-cho	Aribeto Saro #1 - "Students' Job Salon #1" Jun-joo - "Innocent Ones" (Well, just guess what this was!)


La Vie Yo shu - "Western drinks & coffee"	Vie-Lai-Shian Zen kan jun kisa ten - "Soft drinks, desserts throughout the floors, pure tea salon, no bar"


Paulista Coffee Shop - jazz & Latin music	Vion - "Lantern" Club


The Beni Restuarant - was this where Benihana got its name?	Sicilia Italian restaurant - but, in Tokyo, Nicola was the king of Italian food at the time


Speedy Futon Store Specialty store in Koganai	Hakucho - "Swan" Bar in Shibuya Stand bar, basement grand bar, counter only, Shibuya dai-ichi ginko, "back of bank, chain of bars"


Kyo-do No. 3769 - Drive Club #3769 Kotsu - traffic	Osome (woman's name) Bar


Shibuya-kaikan - multi-floor party joint! Okujo - penthouse - beer garden *5 - go-kai* - mahjong club 4 - yon-kai - billiards, pool - 6 tables 3 - san-kai -Chinese cuisine, 50 Yen per person(!) 2 - ni-kai - Tori's bar 1 - ichi-kai - Jun Kisate Tea Salon Basement - chi-kai - Tourist Bar**	Guest House Chinese Restaurant in Azabu, Minato-ku


Ryokuen - "Green Garden" Traditional inn - like a B&B	Men's wear store The place that everyone really remembers is Lee's Chinese Tailors, which had a shop in the BX, as well as their main shop in Shibuya. Many boys got their first suits tailor-made at Lee's.


Hitashi Appliance Store "Enter the lottery" (in green box) Refrigerator - 58,000 Yen	One of the most unusual match boxes, and never seen anywhere after Japan. The striker is inside the box, which is glued shut, and you pull hard on the match, which lights as it's coming out. However .. sometimes the match would light too fast and catch all the others inside on fire, burning your fingers. No big mystery why this matchbox style never caught on.