Join FAS Camp Zama, Japan Camp Zama is located about 25 miles southwest of central Tokyo in the cities of Zama and Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. An awarding winning community, Camp Zama has been honored to win several awards for it's outstanding facilities and services. A mixture of historic and modern buildings provides for a unique and pleasant surrounding. At first glance Camp Zama could easily be mistaken for vacation resort or a college campus.
Beautiful trees line the streets and surround the area.
During the spring the cherry blooms add to the beauty of the base. AFFE and its successor fought in many of the major campaigns in the Southwest Pacific, receiving two Distinguished Unit Citations and Two Philippine Presidential Unit Citations. In 1945, the command which had been redesignated U.S. Armed Forces, Far East, participated in the occupation of Japan. In 1957, the U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific were completely reorganized.