161217-0032 - US Military Housing

US Military Housing in the Tokyo area, ca. 1950s.

According to a photo in the book Dependents Housing Japan & Korea, published in 1948 (Showa 23), the house on this image is a Duplex A-1a.

The design was used at Washington Heights, a United States Armed Forces housing complex located in Shibuya, Tokyo during the Allied occupation of Japan.

The complex was used as athlete housing during the 1964 Summer Olympics.

After the Olympics, the area became Yoyogi Park.