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I visited the Kamizake museum located in Chiran, Kyushu, the site of former pilot training base. I listened to a docent speak about his experience before the war ended. I walked around viewing the many family memorials to their sons. A very moving and enlightening experience for me. The streets have lanterns along the roadside leading to the former training base engraved with family names of pilots that were sent on their missions and did not return. Regarding the environment and culture I heard and read about the Hoshidan in Tule lake Segregation Center during WWII advocating for Japan to win the war through morning exercises and regime that attracted a subset of those who were interned in the center. I read about the kachigumi (winning side) and makegumi (losing side) stand-off in the Japanese-Brazilian community, another micro-community in the agricultural center near Sao Paulo,Brazil. The stories in what I will call the micro-communities are enlightening, amazing, and provide a sense of what was and still is, as I look around and read the news.