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Kyushu’s Underwater Kamikazes: Hiji Oga Kaiten Memorial Park and Ruins
Kyushu’s Underwater Kamikazes: Hiji Oga Kaiten Memorial Park and Ruins

Kyushu’s Underwater Kamikazes: Hiji Oga Kaiten Memorial Park and Ruins

The suicidal kamikazes were the Japanese empire’s last ditch effort to slow advancing Allied forces. Viewed as tragic heroes today, most of them sortied out from Kyushu and many of the former kamikaze bases have sprouted memorial hall museums and…

Travel to Mid-Century Japan at Showa no Machi
Travel to Mid-Century Japan at Showa no Machi

Travel to Mid-Century Japan at Showa no Machi

(Our visit to Showa no Machi was partially covered here in article about Kids on the Slope movie filming locations.) Time travel is a distinct possibility in Japan; throughout the country neighborhoods or districts are preserved like time capsules of…