Yasukuni

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Originally uploaded by rawhite.

A very interesting museum in Tokyo. It's on the site of shrine dedicated to Japanese soldiers who died in service to Japan. The museum itself is highly nationalist. It highlights, for instance, the positive aspects of the Japanese occupation of East Asia. (I don't remember what they were.) Also, quite shockingly for many Americans, it suggests that FDR intended to force the Japanese into war. Perhaps most chilling is the kamikaze plane suspended from the ceiling. They were so small.