Japanese Cinderella And The Atomic Bomb

April 8, 2014 by Nathaniel Edwards 15 Comments

The famous novel Memoirs of a Geisha is told from the perspective of a fictional geisha named Nitta Sayuri. Sayuri has a dramatic, eventful life (with some guy by the name of Koichi causing a lot of trouble early on) but … [Read more...]

Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The Guy Who Got Hit By An Atomic Bomb. Twice.

August 7, 2012 by Koichi 78 Comments

It was August 6 when the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. Only three days later, August 9th, the second one fell in Nagasaki. This week marks the 67th anniversary of the blasts that ended WWII and caused hundreds of … [Read more...]