Shinjuku McDonalds 1972 - a photo on Flickriver

Shinjuku McDonalds 1972

            This was the closest McDonalds to Yokota AS and my recollection is that this was the 2nd or 3rd McDonalds in Japan, the first being in the Ginza in 1971. It was located close to the Shinjuku train station.

I stopped here several times to get a taste of home. Some GI's would make a special trip; you would have to know mess hall food to understand why the effort was worth it.

The girl out front was a greeter welcoming people to McDonalds with a polite bow. The potted palms and the bronze double arches plaque are nice touches.

The people in the restaurant once anxiously asked me if the food was the same as in the USA. I assured them that it was identical as far as I could tell.

Taken on: January 1, 1972

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Japan

Shinjuku

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Sets appears in: • Japan & South Korea 1972

Groups appears in: • McDonald's Storefronts

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