"Nice to meet you. I'm George."
"I know," the young man said. "I hear you conducted an orchestra before the war. I'm an interpreter and care-taker at this POW camp." Kenji turned to George and smiled. "Please ask for me if you need any help." That was the first smile George had seen in Japan.
"This camp is called the Bando Prisoner's Camp. It is in the town of Bando in Naruto City in Tokushima Prefecture. A prefecture in Japan is like a state in Germany or in the USA." Kenji started to show George around the camp.
He pointed at one of the buildings. It was very nice. It looked out of place in a POW camp. "What's that?" George asked.
"That's the bowling alley," Kenji replied.
George couldn't believe his ears. Who built a bowling alley in a POW camp?
"Do the local people go bowling?" George asked.
"No, it's for the prisoners," Kenji said. "Of course, we sometimes join them."
Again George couldn't believe his ears. What country would let POWs have a bowling alley? And how could enemies play together in a friendly game like bowling ? While George was thinking about this, another surprise came in view. German prisoners and local Japanese came by carrying farming tools. They seemed happy and friendly. George asked Kenji what was going on.
