Last Updated: Apr 17, 2024

Yanaka’s Shitamachi Vibes

Experience Tokyo’s “Lower City”

This story was originally published on donnykimball.com and has been syndicated here on Medium.

Everyone knows about the climactic end of World War II and the atomic bombs yet only a few are aware of the deadly fire bombings of Tokyo. The plan was orchestrated by Air Force General Curtis LeMay and designed to kill as many Japanese as possible while incinerating the city. A vast area of Tokyo…