In 1947- 1950 the Japanese were selling anything they could to simply survive.

I am surprised that it would fit many American men. The suit fit me fairly well but I was only 10 or 11 years old.

In the very early '60s I was stationed in Babenhausen with a Corporal Guided Missile direct support detachment. We had a nice Rod & Gun Club there and every once in a while they had various small arms for sale. No one ever knew where this stuff was coming from but it was available and CHEAP! I bought a 7.63 broom handle Mauser for $25, A P38 for $12, and a Polish Radom 9mm for $8 and an S42 Luger for $18. Our arms room had as may privately owned weapons as it had issue M14s.   I still own the Radom.

Found one minus the belt in a thrift store years ago. Collar looked like fox fur. Block of Japanese text on the inside flap. Right next to it in the thrift store was a smoking jacket that looks like it was made from an old Japanese blanket.   Funny you said it was unissued. I think there's a lot of unissued Japanese gear that makes it out to collectors.

Looks like a worn unmarked Blackinton to me.

When I attended Frankfurt American High School in Germany in the '50s, I visited the big German WW II bunker complex just west of Bad Nauheim. The Adlerhorst- Ziegenburg complex consisted of a castle on the crest of a hill with reinforced concrete bunkers buried underground. Next to the castle was an old- looking tower but inside there were concrete steps leading down to an underground steel door. The electric light switches also betrayed its "Medieval" origin. Part of the complex was disguised as old traditional Fachwerk buildings but under the facade they were thick concrete, reinforced with steel bars.   In the '50s, the vast bunker complex was unguarded so they could be explored, although all the big steel access doors had been welded shut to prevent entry into the interior. Some of the underground complex had been blown up after the war but a decision was made by the US military to simply seal up the majority of the bunkers and leave them as- is. I did find a ventilating shaft that had an access door to the bunker interior but I never had a chance to return and explore it. Visions of missed exotic souvenirs went round in my imagination for a long time.   This complex has an interesting history- built as a headquarters for Adolph Hitler and designed by Albert Speer, it served for various military functions and for high- ranking Nazi officials. The German Ardennes Offensive was directed from this underground bunker complex.   I pried a porcelain steel sign off the wall in one of the bunkers back in about 1956. It has the operating instructions for the ventilation system of the bunker. Apparently it was also designed to withstand a poison gas attack.   In the '60s the complex was taken over by the Bundeswehr as a supply depot and entrance to the whole complex was thence forbidden.

Had several. Most times the vets cut the cords off to wear as a winter coverall here. 

I was an Army Brat and we lived in Japan a few years after the end of the war.  We lived in an American housing area called Grant Heights in Narimasu. This location had originally been an airfield and our main street was the runway. In those days, second- hand shops were a treasure trove of nice things intermixed with junk. One thing I bought (I was in the 4th & 5th grade then) was Japanese flying suit.It was absolutely brand new and unissued.    The suit was made of a canvas- like material and lined with rabbit fur. There were electrical wires to provide heat when it was plugged in to an aircraft. It is long gone now but I've never seen another one like it.

Watson Morgan Bunten was seriously wounded at Shiloh. A Mine ball struck him in his right thigh but the ball was deflected away from his femur and artery by a leather coin purse containing a couple of silver dollars. The purse still exists. It has a hole in its leather and the silver dollars are bent like tacos. I inherited it from my grandmother Elsie Bunten Page of French Creek, WV and some years ago I donated it on indefinite loan to the West Virginia Wesleyan College library collection. It should be on display there in Buckhannon.

I just read a hand-written letter from my great-grandfather to one of his sisters in 1862- and transcribed it so it's easier to read.   He was Watson Morgan Bunten, from French Creek, WV but served in the 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and again at Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga. Watson was First Sergeant and later promoted to a Lieutenant. The brother he refers to, James, died in the notorious Andersonville prison camp later in the War. One thing that struck me is his saying that they had not been paid since December 1861- almost a whole year!   Letter to Sarah November 24, 1862:   Dear Sister Sarah,   I received your kind letter a few days since and will scratch a few lines to you tonight as we will leave here soon. I was glad to hear your health was good also to hear the boys stood soldiering so well. I will write to James the first opportunity. O how I wish I could see them again. I am glad that Loomis is their Capt for I think him one of the best young men in the service. I wish I had him for my Capt. I have not been paid since last December and consequently am out of money and stamps so I shall mail this franked and send it as I believe you should rather pay three cents than not get a letter from your soldier brother. This is the second letter that I have had franked since I came out but I may have to get more if we are not paid soon. It will be bad on us to march without any money but I suppose we will be provided for in some way. Write soon and direct as you have been doing and they will follow up. Give my respects to all the friends and tell Uncle A I have not forgotten him. I must close this is the third letter that I have written tonight.   From your brother   Sarah Moore W M Bunten