Michael Cash wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:18:39 +0900, Declan Murphy
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
> 
>>necoandjeff wrote:
>>
>>>Declan Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>>And signage in particular. This sign is at one of my fave local
>>>>temples, but I never got around to taking a camera with me until
>>>>recently.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.declan.tv/gallery/026.html
>>>>
>>>>Reckon it has been up since at least the end of the occupation.
>>>
>>>The way the U.S. military behaves in general, I wouldn't be surprised if
>>>they just put it up yesterday...
>>
>>Strangely, the term "by command of the commanding general" brings up 
>>bugger all in google, compared to "by order of...". I wonder how many of 
>>these signs were originally put up, and why, and how many are left. This 
>>particular temple is in a pretty isolated area in the valleys east of town.
> 
> The "by command of the commanding general" bit, combined with the fact
> that there is no conceivable reason why such a place should be
> off-limits, leads me to believe the local temple came up with the sign
> all by their lonesome.

Nahhh. Not a single spelling or grammar mistake to be seen (though I 
guess it is possible that like the CAUTION bit, perhaps one or two 
errors have faded from view over the years). Figure I'll just have to 
ask the priest and do a bit of research to find out which units were 
responsible for this part of Aichi during the occupation. Whatever 
happens, I don't want the sign taken down.

-- 
"UFJ in general are a bunch of shitheads" - tourist in not-quite-Japan.