Himiko Archives | Japan History

Amaterasu – The True Identity of the Sun Goddess

For those of you who are new to Japanese history, I’m probably going to confuse the heck out of you with this one. For those of you who have a bit of background knowledge, I’m going to blow your minds twice during the course of this article. Not only am I going to introduce you to the most compelling theory I’ve ever come across regarding…

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Yamataikoku – Japan’s lost kingdom

Close to 2,000 years ago, China left Japan with one of the most complicated jigsaw puzzles of all time. Most of the pieces are missing, the visible parts of the picture are ambiguous, and there are no clues whatsoever as to how the pieces fit together. Some of those pieces may even belong to a different puzzle entirely! The puzzle’s name is ‘Yamataikoku’. Japan has…