Sunpu Castle

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Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This is Sunpu (SOON-poon) Castle. This was about the only thing left standing in Shizuoka after the U.S. fire bombed the city in WWII. I know this because one of my students at work asked me to help translate a book about personal accounts of the fire bombing in WWII. It was some pretty sad stuff. War is some f*cked up shit no matter how you look at it.