MacArthur's Well

This explanatory sign is located around the middle of Nakada（中田） and Tateba（立場） on Chogo Kaido Road（長後街道）. In 1945, at the end of the Pacific War, General MacArthur landed at the Atsugi Air Base for the invasion of Japan. He took the Chogo Kaido Road to the Hotel New Grand in Yokohama. He took a break here on the way and quenched his thirst with the well water of a greengrocery store that was there. Then the well came to be called MacArthur's Well. The well is no longer in use now.