June 24, 1944 (Saturday)
Greek Orthodox Church. Visited this church at Kanda after classes this p.m. It is a big cathedral with dome and all, bigger and nicer than… Read More »June 24, 1944 (Saturday)
Greek Orthodox Church. Visited this church at Kanda after classes this p.m. It is a big cathedral with dome and all, bigger and nicer than… Read More »June 24, 1944 (Saturday)
Waseda University. Accompanied by a Formosan friend, I went with Cruz, Peña and Sison to visit Waseda University, which is about 10 minutes’ bus ride… Read More »June 23, 1944 (Friday)
Went shopping alone at Ginza after classes this p.m. At Mikimoto’s saw the beautiful pearl rings and necklaces which I intend to buy some time… Read More »June 22, 1944 (Thursday)
The newspapers these last few days have been playing up the new weapons being used by the Germans in England—the pilotless planes and meteor bombs.
Shopping. After class, bought a cute, small razor (Y5.74) and a silver bracelet with small pearls inlaid in shell-like trinkets (Y17.60) at the Imperial Hotel… Read More »June 20, 1944 (Tuesday)
At midnight last night we were awakened by the air-raid warden to warn us of the gravity of the situation, advising us to take all… Read More »June 19, 1944 (Wednesday)
Went shopping at Shinjuku this morning with Peña and Quiambao and bought a few things to bring back to the P.I. These last few weeks… Read More »June 18, 1944 (Sunday)
The newspapers published vague details about the bombings in Northern Kyushu and Southern Korea. The air-raid alarm is still on in Tokyo, and danger is… Read More »June 17, 1944 (Saturday)
Nippon Shoseki Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Textbook Publishing Company). At 3:30 this p.m. we visited the Ministry of Education’s immense publishing house which prints the textbooks… Read More »June 16, 1944 (Friday)