“They [geishas] are not for the casual visitor with a few dollars to spare” and “Commercial love is supplied by the professional prostitutes and free-lancers ( … ) Prostitution in Japan is an honorable profession: it has nothing of the stigma attached to it in America”: initiated a restricted bulletin Guide to Japan produced by the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas in 1 September 1945.

The Guide to Japan was an attempt at reducing anti-Japanese prejudice and hatred that had become etched into the minds of the soldiers of the occupying forces by the relentless battles and experiences and the intense war propaganda they had been subjected to. This publication aimed at explaining to the first US occupation soldiers how to meet the Japanese, also women, both geishas and the “others”.

Official facts and images provided to the occupation soldiers and other unofficial images along sexual objectification reveals an internal dichotomy and contradiction where Guide to Japan drifted in.