Japan - Miyazawa family of 4 murdered, Setagaya, Tokyo, 30 Dec 2000 #3

[FacelessPodcast]

For those wondering whether Yokota kids could drive. Also, note the Tokyo number plates on the cars.

 

[annemc2]

Yokota also had a Union Race Team that would compete against the Tokyo Sports Car Club. The monthly drifting race took place in the front parking lot of Yokata High School "for several years," even though I'm only seeing it mentioned in the 1998 yearbook.

 

[Incoherent]

Re: Yokota AFB selling half sizes for shoes in the stores, I just had a look at the Yokota Main Exchange website which is the mega mall on the base. While Slazenger is not listed as a brand of shoe they sell currently, they do sell in half sizes.
Interestingly, they do sell Slazenger clothing still. This leads me to believe they likely had shoes there at some point too, JMO.
I’m unsure where I could find the information from 24 years ago though.

Shop Army & Air Force Exchange Service

www.shopmyexchange.com

 

[Charlot123]

Re: Yokota AFB selling half sizes for shoes in the stores, I just had a look at the Yokota Main Exchange website which is the mega mall on the base. While Slazenger is not listed as a brand of shoe they sell currently, they do sell in half sizes.
Interestingly, they do sell Slazenger clothing still. This leads me to believe they likely had shoes there at some point too, JMO.
I’m unsure where I could find the information from 24 years ago though.

Shop Army & Air Force Exchange Service

www.shopmyexchange.com

I assume that an army base store is an extension of US stores. Culturally, American. In any US footwear store or a major department store, both shoes and sneakers come in half sizes.

 

[Incoherent]

I assume that an army base store is an extension of US stores. Culturally, American. In any US footwear store or a major department store, both shoes and sneakers come in half sizes.

Yes, quite naturally. So then, when the TMPD discover the footprint is 27.5cm and isn’t a size available in Japan, it is interesting they decide the shoe is automatically from another country (in this case South Korea) and not from the military base down the road that sells shoes in larger half sizes and also sells other Slazenger items too (even today).

Of course if they were a half centimetre off then they were available in Japan.