In the 2023 movie, U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson casually removes the ancient capital from a list of potential targets for the atomic bomb, claiming he and his wife honeymooned there years previously. Loomis was perhaps under the tutelage of Japan specialist Langdon Warner, who was also credited as the savior of Nara and Kyoto and who, despite his protestations, is now enshrined in statuary in front of Nara's Horyuji Temple and Kamakura Station. Due to press censorship at the time, documentation is scarce, but the initial raid on the Umamachi neighborhood in the city’s Higashiyama Ward appears to have left 36 dead and destroyed more than 140 houses.
Author: Edward J. Taylor
Published at: 2025-08-06 23:00:00
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