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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…

The Satomi Clan and the Battles of Konodai Castle
The Satomi Clan and the Battles of Konodai Castle

The Satomi Clan and the Battles of Konodai Castle

1564.  Satomi Yoshihiro looked out across the Edo River at the Hojo forces arraying against him, just as his father had 26 years prior.  The elder Satomi, Yoshitaka, was defeated by Hojo Ujitsuna in the first battle of Konodai and…