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Theater, stores cheered up locals

Trips to Takarazuka opera and Kobe's department stores bright spots of grim postwar years

By Reiji Yoshida

Sep 11, 2008

The locals of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, had waited a long time for April 22, 1946.

That was the day the famous girl-only musical troupe resumed performances at Takarazuka's renowned theater, which was temporarily seized by the Occupation forces after Japan's World War II surrender.

Theater, stores cheered up locals

Trips to Takarazuka opera and Kobe's department stores bright spots of grim postwar years

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