Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-13
John Mung and the Okinawan Footprint of Manjiro
A bilingual history project about John Manjiro’s 1851 landing in Itoman, Okinawa, told through kamishibai storytelling, local history, study sessions, and a walking route.
Why it surfacedThe site turns one historical landing into a tangible local trail, from Sasichin Beach to old roads, guardian lions, bridges, and other Itoman landmarks. It is also a record of one person’s long campaign to build a monument, publish a novel, create picture-story materials, and keep Manjiro’s Okinawan connection in public memory.
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Thirty Patents for the Grave
August 13’s newborn domains include 30 safety-coffin patents, lost notices for false teeth and a box of hair, short films playing in 100 Tokyo taxis, and a Queensland river view arranged gauge by gauge downstream.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-13 Domain Arrivals issue.