Japan

The Goryokaku Fortress in Hakodate, Hokkaido was built by Takeda Ayasaburo 武田 斐三郎 between 1855 and 1866. The fortress is famous for being...

Greetings all, I'm back with another blog post on historic Japan, another step in my mission to connect you with history, where you are....

Good evening everybody, I'm back today with a short post on an auspicious event in Second World War history: the fall of Corregidor....

Greetings all, today we're going to look at a brief history of the history of Japanese expansion and wrap it up with a book...

Greetings all! Last week I took part in a discussion regarding ethical decision-making in my squadron's wardroom. My submission to the...

Historic Museum Ship Mikasa and Statue of Togo Heihachiro - Yokosuka, Japan Yokosuka 横須賀市is my favorite navy town. The city itself...

Greetings all, back today with another book recommendation. On this day April 28th in 1952, the Allied Occupation of Japan ended.  It’s...

On this day April 7th in 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy super battleship Yamato was sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft of Task Force 58 while...

On this day April 6th 1945, the ships of Operation Ten-Go departed Tokuyama. The mission assigned to the super battleship Yamato, light...

I sent the below text in email format to the Sailors of VRM-50, marking the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Okinawa. I...

Greetings, I have another book recommendation for you all. I firmly believe that any study of the Second World War, modern warfare,...

Most of the locations on the website have a brief history on their page; however there's so much detail for Japan that it didn't quite...

This is a fascinating article on the history of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship (later hybrid carrier-battleship) Ise courtesy of...

I've recently finished this manga, one of the better I've read, that follows the events of the last days of the Second World War,...

On this day in 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean roughly 80 miles east of Miyagi, Japan. The earthquake,...

Some ships live forever. Here is a breakwater in Kitakyushu, Japan that was partially made by the wreck of IJN Yanagi. Apparently part...

About an hour drive south from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture is Suo-Oshima Island. There are several places...

Mikasa Historic Memorial Ship and statue of Admiral Togo Heihachiro at Mikasa Park Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Back in November 2024, I...

Enomoto Takeaki 榎本 武揚 is one of the founding fathers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a pivotal figure in the history of Japan.