A golden halo flashed, and the three of them returned to Roppongi in Tokyo Bay. After World War II, this place had become an open commercial port, with many foreigners living here.
This was also the corresponding spot on land to where Su Ming had just eaten on the sightseeing boat.
The foreigners here included, but were not limited to, merchants and soldiers. This greatly promoted the local economy while also creating a thriving service industry of every kind.
If New York were used as a comparison, present-day Roppongi was Hell's Kitchen.
The neon lights glittered through the night, turning the sky seemingly red. The scent of alcohol and depravity filled the shabby back alleys.
Quite a few women were wrapped up tightly late at night, stamping their feet by the roadside and glancing around in the cold wind as though waiting for someone.
A large portion of these Japanese girls came from respectable families, but for one reason or another, they had no choice but to come out and earn money to support their households.
They were called "Panpan," the term used for them by the US Forces in Japan. Simply put, hired mistresses.
It was the winter of 1955. At this time, Japan had a fixed exchange rate for the US dollar: 360 yen to one dollar. So what was the general cost of living like?
Food was expensive, such as fruit and vegetables, but some things were very cheap.
There was a kind of liquor called Kasutori, the drink most commonly consumed by Japanese men at the time. As its name implied, it was brewed from all kinds of dregs, including pig feed, then mixed with methanol.
One hundred yen bought a large bottle of it, around two liters. Just three small cups could knock an ordinary