Site of Suzugamori Execution Grounds — Attraction in Tokyo

Very eerie place that is worth visiting and you can literally feel that many people died here. 100,000 of them...it's hard to believe. They still have the stone bases where the stakes were planted for people to be burned alive or crucified. It was astonishing with even the well right there where they supposedly washed decapitated heads. Really unforgettable experience that had a big impact on me. It's a must see if you're in Tokyo and have an interest in more than just the typical...

Every nation has events in their history they wish the world would forget. It does not work like that. It is a good thing to remember the lessons of the past, even if it is difficult to imagine, so that we never repeat them. In the same spirit, what was done in the past should remain there. Do not erase those events. See the site. Understand its significance and do so respecfully. ...

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurence of...