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The Peace Memorial Park
Okinawa became the only ground battle site in Japan during the Pacific War, and for 90 days from March 1945, all modern weapons such as artillery bombardment, bombing, and flamethrowers...
The Peace Memorial Park
Okinawa became the only ground battle site in Japan during the Pacific War, and for 90 days from March 1945, all modern weapons such as artillery bombardment, bombing, and flamethrowers...
The oracle of Usa Jingu
The Usa Shrine is the head shrine of the Hachiman-gu, which is said to have over 40,000 shrines throughout Japan. It is said that the Hachiman deity appeared in the...
The oracle of Usa Jingu
The Usa Shrine is the head shrine of the Hachiman-gu, which is said to have over 40,000 shrines throughout Japan. It is said that the Hachiman deity appeared in the...
Yukichi Fukuzawa and Shigenobu Okuma
Okuma was about three years younger than Fukuzawa. Although they both had established their names in society and knew of each other, Okuma admits that he initially thought of Fukuzawa...
Yukichi Fukuzawa and Shigenobu Okuma
Okuma was about three years younger than Fukuzawa. Although they both had established their names in society and knew of each other, Okuma admits that he initially thought of Fukuzawa...
"Madame Butterfly" and "Silence"
For foreigners who love opera, some may think of Nagasaki as the setting of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" (1904). It tells the tragic love story between an American naval...
"Madame Butterfly" and "Silence"
For foreigners who love opera, some may think of Nagasaki as the setting of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" (1904). It tells the tragic love story between an American naval...