and made it into the prefecture of Okinawa. But there are few surviving slice-of-life photos like these from the time. The woman walking ahead in the photo carries a Buddhist shrine and a chair ...

Its strategic plan stated that "Okinawa is the front line of defense ... They said we'd be honored like soldiers at Yasukuni Shrine. We believed we all had to die, so we weren't concerned.

In Japan, the word for sourness is suppai. Since ancient times, people in Japan have preserved foods through fermentation.

They were donated by his daughter in April to the Yasukuni Shrine Archives in Tokyo ... conveys his frustration as he monitors events in Okinawa. "The enemy has started landing on the main ...