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2026 RBMS Virtual Showcase

June 23-26, 2026

Virtual Book Fair Exclusive

[Business Card] Blue Bar - Paradise of Seamen

[Japanese Occupation - Sex Work] Blue Bar

$125
Offered by Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Publisher: Blue Bar
  • Location: Motomachi, Kobe, Japan
  • Date: 1950
  • Seller SKU: 47913

Motomachi, Kobe, Japan: Blue Bar, 1950. Very Good. Motomachi, Kobe, Japan: n.d., [ca. 1950]. Small business card printed in blueish-purple on crudely trimmed tan card stock (6.5x9.5cm). Vertical crease along right-hand margin, else Very Good.

Business card printed in Japanese and English promoting the Blue Bar, evidently a watering hole and brothel for American sailors stationed in Kobe, Japan, after World War II. "English spoken lovely maids are waiting your visit. Have a good time with them.

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Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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Aaron Beckwith
657 C St SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
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