janet and James Goodwin have combined forces with others at the university of aizu in fukushima prefecture to begin construting an on-line history of japan using locations, institutions and local historical figures as illustrations of larger forces at
work in the japanese past. this "living electronic
history of aizu " is still in its infancy but already has in place a 3d virtual tour of the main hall of enhichiji , a local buddhist temple complex, plus an enlightening discussion on the estate system of land control, an examination of a architecturally fascinting pagoda at sazaedo and an introduction to ( an evaluation of ) of a local tale involving the martyrdom of nineteen young samurai 1868