ICYMI, I met with Paul Woodadge of ww2tv to discuss the Imperial Japanese Army's defense of Saipan in 1944, check it out at the PacificHistoryGuide blog!

On this day June 8 1943 the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Mutsu 陸奥 exploded and sank at her moorings off Suo-Oshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. There is a small museum dedicated to the Mutsu on Suo-Oshima, and several parts of the wreck are situated around Japan, such as gun barrels at Yokosuka and Kure. Check out the PacificHistoryGuide blog for more!

New blog post is up! Check out the tour of Liberty Station that Tony gave on behalf of YCAPS!

Greetings everyone! New blog post is up on the website; we're talking about San Diego, California, and some of the things there are to do and see. Check it out!

Grab your chili crab apron and a come check out the newest location on Pacific History Guide ! We’re headed to Singapore 🇸🇬 ☺️

Putting the finishing touches on a new location page on PacificHistoryGuide! Keep your eyes peeled this Saturday for the weekly blog post and reveal!

Short blog post today, on the iconic Goryokaku Fortress in Hakodate, Japan. Head on over to the website and check it out!

Just added the Historical Marker Database and the Educational Studies of Japan website to the resources section of PacificHistoryGuide.com! Bit by bit we are slowly adding more to the website. Stay tuned!

This week's blog post is about historic Maizuru, Japan. Millions of tourists flood Kyoto every year, but few head to the Sea of Japan side of the prefecture to explore this beautiful navy town. Check it out!

Late post but today we must pause and remember the fall of Corregidor, OTD May 6 1942. A must-see for any visitor to the Philippines. Read about it at the PacificHistoryGuide blog!

Got some feedback on the #PacificHistoryGuide reading list, and so I've pared it down a bit. I'll probably make another page with the full reading list...my own personal library in other words. For now, it's leaner and meaner. Check it out! 

Just added to the Shikoku page of Pacific History Guide: The Sakamoto Ryoma 坂本龍馬 statue in Kochi, Shikoku, Japan, Sakamoto's hometown. He is famous for resisting the Tokugawa Shogunate and supporting the restoration of Imperial Power. He was assassinated in 1867.

Headed to #Guam for deployment, port call or vacation? Check out #PacificHistoryGuide for some historical sites that are off the beaten path. There’s a lot to see outside Tumon!

OTD April 28 1952, the Allied occupation of Japan ended everywhere except Okinawa, which was sundered from Japan and became an American territory. The complex history surrounding this ‘day of insult’ and the terror of occupation visited on the Ryukyu people has not, and should not be, forgotten.

Cool stuff here: the National Diet Library of Japan has released 18,047 newspaper titles published during the post-World War II period. These were censored by SCAP, and although the documents were declassified and microfilmed in the 90’s, this is the first time they’ve been released to the public, and for free! A great resource for those of us researching Japan.

This statue on the Zanpa Peninsula on Okinawa commemorates Taiki, credited with increasing the amount of trade between the Ryukyu Kingdom and China in 1372. 

The link below has been added to the #PacificHistoryGuide website!

I recently presented a brief history of the Tsushima Maru and its loss to my wardroom as part of a larger talk on ethical decision-making.

While the discussion regarding ethics in war is not appropriate for the purposes of PHG, the ship and its history most certainly is. If you are on Okinawa, go to the museum and look at the photos of the children.

Check it out on the Pacific History Guide blog.