I wrote a guide to Okunoshima which can be found here
Friday, January 20, 2012
Poison Gas Factory haikyo
I wrote a guide to Okunoshima which can be found here
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I am surprised you can visit this place.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
Very interessant,I like this
ReplyDeletethanks for drawing attention to this, and to this little known fact in the guide you wrote to Okunoshima: "Unlike Germany, Japan has never prosecuted any of its citizens for war crimes."
ReplyDeleteAs Filip above says, it's a big surprise that this place has not been erased from the collective memory, but allowed to stand. The beautiful pics Jake has produced should stand as testimony to the victims of the place.
Hi John... as you know, there are many Japanese people who have produced memorials to such places even though the state would rather not. Interestingly I just watched a documentary about the poison gas factory in Shropshire.....
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for letting us know about this! I must say that you are a very dedicated person to have written a wonderful post like this!
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