It's difficult ...
If you limit yourself to knowing that cigars, a luxury item, exist in this world, of course, more than cigarettes,

I think it was after I learned about the existence of pipe tobacco. (I think it was in the order of tobacco ⇒ pipe ⇒ cigar)
Most of the post-war-born adults, who currently make up the majority, are more impressed with pipe tobacco than with cigars.

(My father was also doing pipes, and my grandfather was Kiseru?) ...

The basis is when I got off the MacArthur ramp that came into Japan immediately after the end of the war.

Isn't it an impressive photo of corn pipes and Ray-Ban sunglasses?・ ・

At the impact of the pipe. .. It's the overflow of photos and images that come to mind that one person's favorite items and poses.

I still don't remember much. (Digression: The Star-Spangled Banner photo on Iwo Jima was also noticed in the movie)
According to one theory, that pose and props were calculated ...
That's right.
I have to stop at the ramp and stay still for a while,

The camera at that time didn't shoot so well! (MacArthur, I'm going to go another one!)

However, the gangway (staircase) photo effect of the airplane is amazing! !!
The Beatles' happi coat, Soga and Jenkins,

(Previous) Prime Minister Abe's hand-holding pose? I'm still a little impressed.
Yes, after that ... I learned after MacArthur a photo of Shigeru Yoshida's cigar ...
Really! Shigeru Yoshida's cigar is also impressive in the photo!

MacArthur also loved Ked and cigars, which have a strong impression of pipes.
Shigeru Yoshida, who is the representative of the victorious country, recommended Filipino cigars at GHQ.

I've heard an anecdote that he refused, saying, "I only smoke from Havana ...".
... Aside from the good or bad of the place of origin and taste, if it is a fact, under the circumstances at that time, I would refuse

It's a big deal. (Isn't MacArthur also "muffled"?)

If it's a cigarette, I can say that I'm quitting smoking ...

(I wonder if it was Jiro Hakushu who was actually listening to this conversation?)
It was Columbus who discovered the cigarette, right?
Did you learn in junior high school?
Is it a cigar? ??
In the end, Shigeru Yoshida was the reason I learned about cigars. (And from Havana !!).