【4K 60P】Walking tour Dobuita street | Yokosuka Japan

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Dobuita-dori is a 300-meter-long street and shopping street in the center of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is famous as the birthplace of the skajan. It is a shopping street with a unique atmosphere of a fusion of American and Japanese cultures, and is one of the city’s representative tourist attractions.

Before World War II, the Dobu River flowed through the middle of the street, but because it was an obstacle to people and cars, the Navy Arsenal provided thick steel plates to cover the river, giving the street the name “Dobuita Dori” (literally “Dobu Plate Street”). Later, both the Dobu River and the steel plates were removed.

Before World War II, the town flourished as the gateway to the Yokosuka Chinmoku of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and after World War II, souvenir stores (souvenir stores), portrait stores, bars, restaurants, and tailor stores flourished for the soldiers of the Occupation Forces and the U.S. Navy facility in Yokosuka. Stores such as Navy Curry and Yokosuka Navy Burger (a local burger) also lined the streets.

Compared to the time of the Vietnam War, the number of bars and restaurants catering to U.S. soldiers has decreased. In the 2000s, apparel stores, beauty salons, and accessory stores catering to young Japanese people flourished, and stores specializing in skajans and military stores unique to Yokosuka are popular among tourists.

It is a shopping street with a unique atmosphere where American and Japanese cultures are fused. Handprints of celebrities with ties to Yokosuka are embedded in the street, flea markets, live street performances, and performances are held on weekends, and the “Dobuita Bazaar” held four times a year attracts a large number of people.