In Western Tokyo, one of the few buildings in Tokyo that bears the scars of World War II is the Hitachi Aircraft substation near Tamagawa-Jōsui Station 玉川上水駅.
The building shows bullet marks from when it was strafed by American gunfire during the war (it was attacked three times in 1945: February 2, April 19, and April 24.
See: Tokyo’s archaeology of World War II 東京の第二次世界大戦の考古学 (WW2 sites)
the tokyo files 東京ファイル 
This war scarred building was a stone’s throw from the former Yamato High School, attended by American dependents of USAF personnel stationed at Tachikawa Air Base, 6 km to the south. In 1959, the classroom building was repurposed from its former role as the Radio and Avionics division of the Hitachi Aircraft Factory. I have many warm memories of my time as an American high school student there from 1969 to 1970. It has been a dream of mine to visit the site of my former alma mater For 6 decades but at 72, the window of opportunity for me to do so is rapidly closing. I am delighted that the Japanese People have chosen to dedicate this obscure piece of our shared history to the pursuit of peace.
Thank you for sharing! If you have any memories or photos or anything from those days, I’d love to hear more.
This war scarred building was a stone’s throw from the former Yamato High School, attended by American dependents of USAF personnel stationed at Tachikawa Air Base, 6 km to the south. In 1959, the classroom building was repurposed from its former role as the Radio and Avionics division of the Hitachi Aircraft Factory. I have many warm memories of my time as an American high school student there from 1969 to 1970. It has been a dream of mine to visit the site of my former alma mater For 6 decades but at 72, the window of opportunity for me to do so is rapidly closing. I am delighted that the Japanese People have chosen to dedicate this obscure piece of our shared history to the pursuit of peace.