The internet is filled with things. Here are some of them.
American and Japanese images of kamikaze pilots differ greatly. This web site explores diverse portrayals and perceptions of the young men who carried out special (suicide) attacks near the end of World War II.
When Japanese kamikaze pilots carried out their attacks between October 1944 and August 1945, Japanese and American people had opposite perspectives. Japanese people saw young smiling pilots as they waved goodbye. In contrast, American soldiers viewed death and destruction when the pilots' planes exploded upon crashing into their ships. These very different points of view continue to influence Japanese and American perceptions of kamikaze pilots even until today.
The borders of Fukushima, Niigata and Yamagata doesn’t meet at a tri-point as the zoomed-out map seems to suggest. Instead, you will see a very thin strip of land attached to Fukushima snaking into Niigata. This is called a salient. The Fukushima Prefecture salient —famously called the umbilical cord—extends about 8 km starting from the summit of Mount Mikuni, following the ridge of Mount Kengamine, passing through the summit of Mount Iide, and ending on the summit of Mount Onishi. At its narrowest, it is only about 35 inches across (90 centimetres).The article explains how this came to be, which can be summed up as: the ridge of this mountain range is culturally important to Fukushima Prefecture, so much so that it was made to remain inside its borders even when the surrounding land was reassigned.
Wholesale rip of his Wikipedia introduction: His middle name comes from the Greek island where he was born. He was also a major chronicler of New Orleans, documenting the city beyond its white aristocracy, including the early Filipino immigrants. But before any of that, he was writing newspaper articles championing Henrietta Wood, "a former slave who won a major reparations case."
An interesting figure in American history who intersected with many of the key events of his time, to say the least.