THIS. IS. YAMAGARTA: Japan’s 300 Moment.
How this tiny peak turned feudal Japan's biggest battle on its head
Kia ora Koutou, Tim Bunting, Kiwi Yamabushi here on the Japan you never knew you wanted to know.
THIS. IS. YAMAGARTA: Japan’s 300 Moment.
Tranquil place. Would be a shame for something bad to happen.
Like The Siege of Hasedo Castle?
The weeping cherry blossoms, almost-too-perfectly paved path, secluded shrines and throngs of flowers hide a truth that seems inconceivable when you walk the slopes of Shiro-yama; that this peaceful peak was once the scene of utter carnage.
OK. It wasn’t that bad.
There was a relatively small army up against a relatively massive one. There was bloodshed. There was close-combat fighting. There was sword-fighting. There were deaths.
However, there was no Persian God-King. Nor was there an adolescent killing a wolf in the name of ‘education’.
Admittedly, this was no 300.
But for the people involved, it certainly felt like it.
This is a story about how a tiny army in northern Japan fought off an army almost 10 times their size. Not quite 300 proportions, but a valiant effort nonetheless.
And it all started in 1600.
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