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[Viking1066]

Nakajima B5N1 'W-323' IJN Soryu China War Spring 1939 KOJI

 

[Viking1066]

Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn V-AL683-base Zuara Tripolitania 'IWM-TR838' ASBIZ

 

[Frog]

This is Yaotomi Shrine at Takeshima Island of Aichi Prefecture.
AI did not tell the right answer.

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The same in 1945 :

 

[tyrodtom]

They had shrines, or what the Japanese workers translated to me as "spirit houses" in several places at Yamada Camp, which had been part of the Kokura arsenal.
400 or so munition storage bunkers located in the mountains outside Kokura, the intended primary target for the Nagasaki bomb.

We had maybe 50 or so mopi wearing Japanese women, using little hand sickles to cut the grass. They took special care near the shrines.
I was 19 years old, and my first time in a foreign country.
A fascinating time and place for a hillbilly like me.

 

[Shinpachi]

When I was a kid, I looked into the "spirit house" of a shrine nearby.
There was nothing as spirit was invisible. As the Japanese did not worship idols, there were conflicts some times when Buddhism was introduced.
Even when the emperor took back power from Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, Buddhism was denied for a while.

 

[tyrodtom]

When I was in Japan in 66-67 I saw the little shrines everywhere, beside the roads, walkways, even on mountain trails in the lush forest in Kyushu.
Most of the ones I saw were hardwood, of some sort, and they all looked ancient, but well maintained.

I noticed how the grass cutters seem to show the little shrines such care, and took special pains to make everything around them look perfect.
I decided to keep my distance, and not accidently do anything that might be seen as disrespectful.

 

[Viking1066]

G4M1 model 11 705th Ku from Rabual over Solomon Islands AIRE

 

[Viking1066]

Fleet Air Arm 800NAS or 804NAS Hellcats HMS-Emperor during Tirpitz strike 3rd April 1944 A22649 ASBIZ

 

[Shinpachi]

I decided to keep my distance, and not accidently do anything that might be seen as disrespectful.

It was a wise decision. Perfect

 

[Shinpachi]

Cleaning a shrine is sacred service for the soul of ancient hero.

神社の環境整備2 | 神社本庁

実施状況の詳細大間地区老人クラブ会員によって、年定期的に3回境内清掃が実施されることになった。児童・生徒による境内清掃への参加を呼びかけてきた。経費清掃終了後の茶菓子代として、1回につき1万2～3千円…

www.jinjahoncho.or.jp

 

[Shinpachi]

IJA 16th Army, 3rd Flight Group, IJN 1st Sothern Fleet for the southern Sumatra and IJA 25th Army for the northern Sumatra to occupy the island from February 14 to March 27, 1942. Dutch troops burns the oil refinery facilities to retreat into the mountain.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 8・太平洋戦争 2)(Dec.1978)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-48 Hiko Kai 34th Sentai 1942 PINK

 

[Viking1066]

Beaufighter IC-ANR 41 Stormo 'MM4887' Sicily 1942 ASBIZ

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Beaufighter IC-ANR 41 Stormo 'MM4887' Sicily 1942 ASBIZ
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Never knew of that before

 

[Wurger]

Never knew of that before

the Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC s/n.T4887 ...

the source: STORMO! Airfix 1/72 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC by Raul Wright

 

[Viking1066]

the Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC s/n.T4887 ...

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the source: STORMO! Airfix 1/72 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC by Raul Wright

It's one of my Regia Aeronautica projects sitting next to the Hurricane, P-38 and Bristol Blenheim.

 

[Wurger]

 

[vandee]

21st century breakfast in America......pre cooked bacon, microwaved chicken biscuits and k cup fresh brewed coffee.

 

[Viking1066]

Beaufighter RAF 252 Sqn attack moored Cant-Z.501 at seaplane base Preveza Greece ASBIZ