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Category: Japanese history

October 21, 2018June 3, 2019 Clark Parker

Was Tokyo bombed in WW2?

June 5, 2017November 19, 2018 Clark Parker

Japan’s Women Police, 1946 and beyond 日本の女性警察官

November 2, 2016June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

Old Ryogoku Kokugikan 旧両国国技館

April 16, 2016September 6, 2016 Clark Parker

(4) The Dutch in Japan: Hirado and Dejima, Nagasaki

January 15, 2016September 4, 2018 Clark Parker

Prison camps and speedboat races 大森捕虜収容所

October 9, 2015March 21, 2017 Clark Parker

Hokkaido’s Frontier Days: Bannei Horse Racing

September 29, 2015October 7, 2018 Clark Parker

Graf Zeppelin in Japan, 1929 グラーフ・ツェッペリン

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Bombing Nagasaki: the scrapbook
Putting the wheels on my first errand: はじめてのおつかい Hajimete no otsukai
Map of American occupied Tokyo, 1948 GHQ東京占領地図
Cafe dining Kan-KURA カフェダイニング カンクラ
The rise and fall and rise of Asagaya Housing danchi 阿佐ヶ谷住宅
Hypnotized by Pythagora's switch

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