Cherry Blossom Season At Yasukuni Shrine

[morejeffs]

Went with a friend to Yasukuni Shrine (dedicated to the Japanese war dead) to celebrate cherry blossom season. We managed to go at peak blossom. Some pics from the museum there. I did pray for electronic souls of the various Japanese units I have theoretically destroyed over the years

[morejeffs]

Previous photo was a Kaiten and long lance torpedo

[morejeffs]

A dive bomber

[morejeffs]

Previous pic is me in front of zero

Last pic is me corralling a scary enemy combatant in front of the cherry blossoms

[jiajia1]

read from Lockwood's book this is the only IJN weapon he want all usn subs to have

[morejeffs]

The Long Lance was an incredible weapon. A brilliant engineering feat...

some info
https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/l ... 008-3.html

[RangerJoe]

Thank you.

ORIGINAL: morejeffs

The Long Lance was an incredible weapon. A brilliant engineering feat...

some info
https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/l ... 008-3.html

From the above link:

. . . at the battle off Samar in October 1944, a desperately lucky 5-inch shot from the fleeing escort carrier White Plains (CVE-66) hit the heavy cruiser Chokai in the torpedo bank and she had to be scuttled.

It does not matter the size what of hits you if it lands in a vulnerable spot! [X(]

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: morejeffs

A dive bomber

How many dives have you bombed in?

[morejeffs]

I plead the 5th... Some of those dives should never been seen in public.

Some though, were/are quite memorable!

ORIGINAL: geofflambert



How many dives have you bombed in?

[Yaab]

ORIGINAL: morejeffs

Previous pic is me in front of zero

Last pic is me corralling a scary enemy combatant in front of the cherry blossoms

Oh yes, those unbeatable HQ support squads...

[CaptBeefheart]

Anybody ever tell you you look like Dave Berry?

I stumbled on peak cherry blossoms in Gyeongju, Korea on Sunday. Traffic was no bueno. I've never seen so many cherry blossom trees as I have there, and I used to live in Tokyo. By the way, the Korean version of the blossom is whiter. Not much pink at all.

EDIT: By the way, one difference between Japan and Korea is while Koreans like the scenery, and they will crowd the good cherry blossom spots, they don't lay out blankets under the trees and get ripped to the gills.

Cheers,
CB

[morejeffs]

Watching japanese get rip roaring drunk under the cherry blossoms is a rather funny spectator sport.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: morejeffs

Watching japanese get rip roaring drunk under the cherry blossoms is a rather funny spectator sport.

Why be a spectator?

[fcooke]

The Japanese do like their drinks. What other country has vending machines for beer. Or airport beer dispensers that actually tilt the glass to get the pour right? When I was working and I visited Japan the team would take me out every night. The team was mostly female and smaller/lighter than me but they would drink me under the table. Whereas as when I was in London I could easily put my UK co-workers under the table.

[RangerJoe]

I saw beer vending machines before.

[fcooke]

where? I wouldn't think in the US.

[RangerJoe]

No, and yet kinda, sorta yes. [;)]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: fcooke

where? I wouldn't think in the US.

When I was in Germany in 1977 there was a beer vending machine in our transit quarters. Unfortunately I was only there overnight and did not have the local currency for the machine ...[:(]

But pouring beer into a glass at the airport makes sense to prevent people trying to take it on the aircraft. A machine that does that would be something to see!

But could you get the machine to make it warm for UK travelers? [:D]

[BBfanboy]

Also meant to mention the Japanese "beer bomb" served up at the local Ichiban restaurant. A nearly full beer glass is primed with a shot glass of sake floating in it. When the customer takes the glass they give a bomb toast and then quickly push the sake shot under and drink quickly while the beer foams rapidly. The idea is to keep the foam from exploding out of the glass. Of course it is the customer who gets bombed!

[RangerJoe]

Take a German bier in a glass bottle. Hit that bottle with another bottle. it will foam up and the owner of that bottle will try to drink it fast so the bier will not spill. After all, that would be alcohol abuse - improper use of alcohol. Of course, the idea is to keep switching the bottle when the person is not looking and then keep doing that with the next bier.

But that Japanese beverage also sounds like a boilermaker.