The Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman reopened after a renovation on Apr. 12, 2021. The renovation gave the exhibits a facelift and tweaked their presentation in order to better reach a modern, younger audience growing more distant from the war.…
Eight Minutes Over Nagoya: The Nagoya Garrison and the Doolittle Raid
Meiji-mura is an open air architectural park with dozens of architectural and still functional technological wonders from turn-of-the-century Japan. I came ready to see the era and even dressed in a yukata with fedora, like all the old Japanese men…
Castle Air Museum: Cold War and World War II Aviation Treasure Trove in the California Desert
Throughout the Cold War the scream of jet engines could be heard over the California desert at Atwater, California. It was here Strategic Air Command bombers, from the World War-veteran B-29 to the massive aluminum overcast that was the B-36,…