1940s CHINESE RESTAURANT in YOKOSUKA JAPAN BROCHURE Illustrated Unusual FOOD

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CHINESE RESTAURANT HILL MAN, c1940s
Rare -- Chinese Restaurant Hill Man, Yokosuka, Japan.
Small one-fold brochure, 3.25x4.25 inches folded, opens to 4.25x6.5 inches.
Printed all sides, with illustration of the restaurant on the front.
Very good condition, with light signs of wear.
No date given, but likely 1950s or late 1940s.
The Hill Man Chinese Restaurant was located at No. 15, 1-Chome, Wakamatsucho, in Yokosuka.  The brochure advertises “Gold air Conditioned” which likely meant to say ‘cold air conditioned”. The map on the back notes its location nearby to the “US Base.”  American occupation forces landed in Yokosuka in August of 1945 and from the 1950s it was home to the US 7
th
Fleet.  Prior to 1945 it had been a Japanese naval base.