Located in Jinshan district of Shanghai, near the border of Zhejiang province, Fengjing ancient town is known as Shanghai's "Southwest Gateway" and boasts a history of more than 1,500 years. Fengjing ancient town, Shanghai Located in Jinshan district of Shanghai, near…
At Texas’ dusty Concordia Cemetery, grass grows over graves in a 140-year-old Chinese burial ground. Some headstones have been stolen or vandalised; others have been marked by flat concrete slabs etched with names in Chinese and English. The slabs were…
Oct 13, 2026 16:00 241 The emperor, who expanded the Roman Empire to Britain, spent part of his travels playing dice. Claudius even wrote a book about the game, and according to historian Suetonius, his chariot had a special device that prevented the dice…
The Izume Fumoto Samurai Residence Group in the northern part of Kagoshima Prefecture, which I visited in my previous article, still strongly retains the traces of its role as an important defensive stronghold for the Satsuma Domain in its street…
I am a cat.I have no name yet. Lately, I feel like I encounter cats more often when I visit shrines. Cat-themed ema (votive tablets). There are cat statues on the shrine grounds, "For the health and longevity of…
Additionally, the Japanese had been at war since 1937, and had therefore begun IJN’s open expansion. By the time America entered World War II in December 1941, the IJN was the world’s most powerful navy by some lengths, and this was specifically…
"Winds of History: On Archaeological Surveys for the War Dead Remains Collection Project in Palau" October 2026Director of the Society of Tourism ArchaeologyFormer Chairman of the Narashino City Cultural Property Council, Ryoji YamagishiIntroduction In 2015, the then-Emperor and Empress of Japan Meanwhile,…
This article is a deep dive into the following short video. Please be sure to watch it via the links below! The troops are retreating while maintaining their organization. However, the Japanese military can no longer issue orders to the…
🌊Development of Port City-States and Nodes of Maritime Routes 🚢Chinese Merchants' Maritime Expansion and Junk Ships: From the late Tang to the Song Dynasty, China's economy developed and maritime trade in the South Seas became active. In addition to Muslim…
Earlier this week, I came across a post on X that stopped me in my tracks… 4,000 year old European Mummies in China. Early mummies (dating from around 2,135 to 1,623 BCE) from China had high levels of Ancient North Eurasian ancestry. Many…
Dynasties, philosophies, maritime trade, colonization, and rapid modernization.
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